Re: validate entry a number within given range

Chris van Uffelen wrote:

> The validation of values seems to work perfectly well, however, I 
> wonder whether
> it is possible to require a field-entry to be a number AND to fall 
> within a given
> range, e.g. between 0 and 10.  I know how to get a number, I don't 
> know how to
> check for the range.
Hello Chris,

Below is the quick example I worked up.  There is probably a more slick 
way of putting the requirements into the validate statement, but I've 
done it with additional JavaScript using the 'jsfunc' parameter. 

Good luck, --bradoaks

use CGI::FormBuilder;

@fields = qw(age email mailing_list);
my $jsfunc = <<'EOJS';   # note single quote (see Hint)
   if (form.elements['age'].value >= 10) {
       alertstr += "Mr. T says, \"Age must be ten or under. Fool!\"\n";
       invalid++;
   }
EOJS

$form = CGI::FormBuilder->new(
            method => 'POST',
            fields => \@fields,
            validate => {
               email => 'EMAIL',    # validate fields using
               age => 'INT',     # built-in patterns
            },
            required => 'ALL',
            jsfunc => $jsfunc,
       );

$form->field(name => 'mailing_list',
            options => [qw/Subscribe Unsubscribe/]);

if ($form->submitted) {
   # you would write code here to act on the form data
   print $form->confirm(header => 1);
} else {
   print $form->render(header => 1);
}