REQUIRED INPUT

Question

The bellow sting does not work. Does anyone know of a way to
create validation without using CFFORMS?
<td align="left" ><input type=text name="PNSTATUS"
REQUIRED="Yes" MESSAGE="Status Block is Required" SIZE=75
MAXLENGTH="100" COLSPAN="2">
</td>
Gunner George
Please Help!

Answer 1

George,
To create validation (client-side that is) without cfform,
you would need to write some JavaScript code to check for a form
field, look at its value and act accordingly.
However, if the above is actually a snippet of your code,
there is a reason why it is not working with cfform. Your input tag
needs to be cfinput.
This:
<input type=text name="PNSTATUS" REQUIRED="Yes"
MESSAGE="Status Block is Required" SIZE=75 MAXLENGTH="100"
COLSPAN="2">
Should be:
<cfinput type=text name="PNSTATUS" REQUIRED="Yes"
MESSAGE="Status Block is Required" SIZE=75 MAXLENGTH="100"
COLSPAN="2">
By using cfinput, the cfform will then analyze the required
and message attributes and provide you with the client-side
validation you are looking for.
Cheers,
Craig