Hi

In asp (form validation is server side) how can I check that a form field (quantity in a shopping basket) is a number and not a text value? Is isnum a valid vbscript command?

Regards

Andy Green

Hi,

There are a number of ways you can do this depending upon how you pass the variables.

1, Validate on the same form with javascript

You can use a javascript function to check the data type and then open an alert box if data is not valid. You will find lots of examples if you type javascript form validation into google.

2, passing variables in the querystring

Here you can call the same asp page when the form is submitted, but add a flag either as a hidden field in the form or in the querystring to show the form has been submitted. You can then validate the data as the form reloads. If successful you can use the redirect command to go to the next page, passing the values in the querystring.

3, Validate on the receiving page.

You can validate on the next page and then write the error statement asking the users to 'go back' to correct the entry.

Hope this helps

Hi

Thanx for trying to help.

What I'm doing is this - I have a shopping cart (I've had to write my own rather than use a commercial one to get some specific functionality) The form submits to itself and I pass through the querystring the form values.

I'm validating the form values ie checking that there is a value in various form fields in asp as the page loads.

I'm stuck on how to check that the qty value is a number and not text - I could do this client side with javascript but that would mean I'd have 2 validation routines, one client side and one server. If I have to move all validation client side I could, but if there is a simple solution to check for a number server side it would suit me better.

Regards

Andy G

Hi Andy

Using VBScript you can use the IsNumeric vb function to check for a number.
e.g.
Dim intNum
intNum = 5

'use
If IsNumeric(intNum) Then
   ...
End If

or

Dim intBasketQty
intBasketQty = Trim(Request.Form("txtBasketQty"))

If IsNumeric(intBasketQty) Then
   ... 'do something here
End If

Hope this helps

Thanx Nidgep

Thats exactly what I want.

I was trying to use Isnum rather than Isnumeric.

Great.

For future reference, you can download the Windows Script (including VBScript) documentation from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en