on a side note: does anyone know the % of people that actually disable javascript in their browser? can javascript actually be used to harm (lets pretend those annoying pop-up windows don't count!)? i'm not really a hard-core javascript person, so any stats that you have would be interesting and helpful... thanks!
"Kipp, James" wrote: > Thanks for the reference. but as ealier mentioned , java script can be > filtered out or shut off at the browser. i went ahead and made a validation > routine in the CGI itself with regex and other tests. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:20 PM > > To: Kipp, James > > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: Re: Checking Form data > > > > > > Although Perl/CPAN makes some good form handling modules > > available I think that the more client side data checking you > > can do the better. For date input I'd go with javascript, and > > I'd use an input calendar to control the data. See, for > > example, a prototype I'm working on at > > http://www.southwindssailing.com/pressgang/ which uses a nice > > javascript/DHTML input > > calendar by Lea Smart (www.totallysmartit.com). > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
