Thanks for the rapid reply Massimo, It is much appreciated.
Chris
On Aug 30, 2011 12:23 AM, "Massimo Di Pierro" <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Validation is always performed server side.
>
> if you use FORM(....INPUT(....)....) that each input gets its own
> requires=[..]
>
> if you use SQLFORM(table) than the requires are from the
> table.field.requires.
>
> Anyway, do not use FORM(...INPUT(....)...) but use
> SQLFORM.factory(...Field(...)...) It is more powerful.
>
> On Aug 29, 4:45 pm, leftcase <christopherrow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi group, first time post!
>>
>> A question about server side form validation.
>>
>> I have been following the tutorials on the web2py website and I'm
>> building a simple form like this in the controller:
>>
>>
form=FORM(TABLE(TR("Username:",INPUT(_type="text",_name="username",requires
=[IS_NOT_EMPTY(),
>> IS_NOT_IN_DB(db, 'users.username')])),
>>
>> TR("Email:",INPUT(_type="text",_name="email",requires=IS_EMAIL())),
>> TR("",INPUT(_type="submit",_value="New User"))))
>>
>> When I do this, is web2py doing the form validation server side, or is
>> it using client side javascript methods to validate the users' input?
>> I wouldn't want the end user to turn off javascript in the browser to
>> bypass validation.
>>
>> I notice in the model I can also define my requirements like this:
>>
>> db.users.username.requires=[IS_NOT_EMPTY(), IS_NOT_IN_DB(db,
>> 'users.username')]
>>
>> What's the difference between the two ways of defining form
>> validation?
>>
>> Thanks in advance! :-)
>>
>> Chris
