[ic] form validation problems..

Stefan Hornburg Racke interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Sun Oct 28 15:54:00 2001


Eduardo Dominguez <edmz@yahoo.com> writes:

> I am creating a custom form to gets some input from
> the customers. Its on a page of its own.
> 
> What I want to do is:	
>  - have customers fill the form
>  - all fields are required
>  - do some minimal validation of the data
>  - if the form is correctly filled
>    - insert data in the DB
>    - redirect the user to a specific page
>  - if its incorrect
>    - display error messages of wrong fields
>    - stay in the same form page

There are various ways to do this. You can use the 
insert-data-into-db from IC together with its form
validation feature.

mv_todo=set
...various mv_data settings...
mv_form_profile=Check_form

> [set Check_form]
> &success=index
> &fail=@@MV_PAGE@@
> test_field=required
> test_other=required
> &fatal=1
> test_last=required
> [/set]

Looks fine.

Ciao
        Racke

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