Posted by Mark Parnell on 11/28/05 23:44

In our last episode, dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> pronounced to
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> Suggestions wanted please for online tutorials on how make website forms
> that have required fields and that pick up user mistakes quickly for the
> user to correct.

Firstly, the form *must* be validated server-side. If you also want to
add some client-side validation so they get feedback before submitting
the form, that's fine - but never use it as a replacement for
server-side validation.

As far as actually setting it up, there are plenty of free form handler
scripts available in whatever language you prefer - many already set up
to handle required fields. Javascript validation may be a little more
difficult to find scripts for, but check out the link I posted in reply
to Mitja - Stephen Poley has a great article on it (and you may even be
able to hack his script to work for your form).

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Mark Parnell
http://clarkecomputers.com.au

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