It would normally be smart, Klaus, but in my case not much would be gained. I'm building an intranet app, and at 100 mps the ajax calls come back extremely quickly. (truthfully I've yet to see my spinny graphic show up...)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Klaus Hartl Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 3:02 PM To: jQuery Discussion. Subject: Re: [jQuery] Calling all CF'ers... et al... Paul schrieb: > What you described is basically what I do, Rick--not because Jorn's plugin > didn't work but because many of my form fields are validated against each > other, and database interaction is required to make that decision. (e.g., > the validity of field Y depends on the value already entered in field X.) > > Below is the validate function I call onBlur from each input. It first sets > the field's status icon to a loading spinny, then requests validation from a > CFM file, passing the value of the current field as well as the value of the > dependent criteria, which CF handles (cfswitch/cfcase) depending on which > field is passed. The callback receives the response and shows either a > success or error icon with a descriptive error attached in a stylish little > error message balloon. > > I don't know if this is the smartest method--I'm pretty new to jQuery > myself--but it has worked very well and provides the flexibility I need. > > HTH, > Paul The good thing about such an approach is, that you have to implement server-side validation anyway - client-side validation can never be more than an addon to enhance user experience unless you can rely on JavaScript being enabled. So why not reuse that logic client-side as well for single fields. You improve the user experience while all logic is still in place. -- Klaus _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
