Posted by Norman on 06/19/07 13:49

On Jun 19, 3:08 pm, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@centralva.net>
wrote:
> Norman wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I have a form, but would like to fix the number of words that a user
> > can add to this to say 50 words.
> > Can this be done on the form, or would I need an external validation
> > script to count the number of words and then return a warning message?
> > Or would it be simpler to just display the first 50 words only, if so
> > how do I write the html to just show the first 50 words.
> > Thanks
>
> You cannot do this with HTML. HTML is not a programming language, it is
> markup that says "this is a paragraph" and "that is a list". You need a
> script. JavaScript which runs on the client can to the job quickly as
> the user types, but is not absolutely reliable because the user may have
> JavaScript disable. The receiving server side script should have the
> *final* word and check the input and bounce the user back to the form
> with a error message if the input does not meet the criteria.
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Jonathan
> -------------------
> LITTLE WORKS STUDIOhttp://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

Thanks, for your reply.

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