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rogerdurbs

Mandatory Files
September 27, 2010 08:02AM

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Hi,

On the Student Reg page, how much of the student info do you want to be mandatory?
I presume for your testing purposed you wouldnt want to fill in every single field each time?

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Mac

Re: Mandatory Files
September 27, 2010 09:24AM

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Registered: 18 years ago
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Quite right... thumbs up smiley

You're not getting marks for Javascript validations, so leave it out. You can test for empty fields with PHP though, but if the script validates my ID number (and 13 11111111111111's are not acceptable) then it detracts from what I am interested in..... your PHP skills

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rogerdurbs

Re: Mandatory Files
September 28, 2010 08:56AM

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Oh yes, im not talking about javascript. Ive validated everything using php but just wasnt sure if you wanted all fields validated or just certain ones?

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Mac

Re: Mandatory Files
September 29, 2010 08:57AM

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Validate for empty fields is no problem. If you want to validate for more, then just have the form pre-filled in with a default value e.g. an ID number. I look at the code so I will pick up if there are validation code. It may sound like I am lazy to fill in forms, but the focus is not on validation but on the interaction between code and the db.