Mixing Confirm popup with Validation

Question

We have an application where we key information. In some cases, we are collecting hours worked and we want to put in a "soft" validation - ie a popup confirmation box if the number of hours is over a certain number (we are subject to laws, etc.). Can anyone guide me through where to put the Javascript confirmDelete? Or is there an easier way?

Answer 1

Sorry, I had some fires to put out and hadn't been able to try this.
Here's a slight hitch and maybe someone can suggest a workaround: the dates get entered in chunks: i.e. the date, start hours, start minutes, start AM/PM, end hours, end minutes, end AM/PM are all different fields (7 in total). This was for entry speed purposes. When I go to calculate everything up for insert, I use a PL/SQL function to concatenate everything that works great.
Would this work: using the same methodology in a PL/SQL calculation to set a hidden field value to the total hours, then an onChange() call to the popup warning? I haven't been able to put together a JavaScript equivalent of the following (which is what I would need):
declare
  str_day     VARCHAR2(12);
  dt_indx     DATE;
  db_dt_indx  VARCHAR2(12);
  str_st_tm   VARCHAR2(25);
  dt_st_tm    DATE;
  str_ed_tm   VARCHAR2(25);
  dt_ed_tm    DATE;
  hrs         NUMBER;
begin
  str_day    := :P1050_DATE_MM || '/' || :P1050_DATE_DD || '/' ||  :P1050_DATE_YYYY;
  dt_indx    := to_date(str_day, 'MM/DD/YYYY');
  db_dt_indx := to_char(dt_indx, 'MM/DD/YYYY');
  str_st_tm  := str_day || ' ' || :P1050_TIME_IN_HH || ':' || :P1050_TIME_IN_MI || ' ' || :P1050_TIME_IN_AM;
  dt_st_tm   := TO_DATE(str_st_tm, 'MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI AM');
  str_ed_tm  := str_day || ' ' || :P1050_TIME_OUT_HH || ':' || :P1050_TIME_OUT_MI || ' ' || :P1050_TIME_OUT_AM;
  dt_ed_tm   := TO_DATE(str_ed_tm, 'MM/DD/YYYY HH:MI AM');
  select FN_GET_TC_HRS(dt_st_tm, dt_ed_tm) into hrs from DUAL;
  --Alter date if night shift
  IF dt_ed_tm < dt_st_tm THEN
    dt_ed_tm := dt_ed_tm + 1;
  END IF;
  :P1050_TTL_HRS := hrs;
end;