I think this kind of validation has to be done in the business logic, behind struts. Neither in the action form, nor in the action.
The business logic should throw appropriate exception, which then can be handled by struts part of the application. Regards Leon > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Nathan Coast [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Mai 2005 10:43 > An: struts-user > Betreff: unique field validation > > Hi, > > Is there a standard way to handle validations that can only > occur server-side? e.g. unique fields. > > I'm guessing you don't have to include the unique validation > in any of your validation configuration. > > Is it simply a case of overriding the validate method in my > action form? > > public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping, > HttpServletRequest request) > { > ActionErrors errors = super.validate(); > > // do my custom validation > > return errors; > } > > cheers > Nathan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
