Validation in jsp

[RaviSingh Kumar]

Hi,

I am using javascript for clientside validation of TextField in JSP.
For that i am using 'alerts' to show error message.

But i want to show error message just next to the textfield which is
incorrect instead of alerts.

Waiting for some solution to this.

Thanks in advance.

[Seetharaman Venkatasamy]

hi ravi sing,

if you want to display error message near to the particular field,then you can go for ajax or serverside validation...

if you go serverside validation then using expression(or sriptlet)we can display message ..where ever you want..but page will be refresh..so, you go for ajax(example you see gmail login page by giving wrong username ..you want that type only right?)

thanks & regards,
seetharaman

[Ben Souther]

Moving to our HTML/Javascript forum

[Bear Bibeault]

if you want to display error message near to the particular field,then you can go for ajax or serverside validation...

Of course not. Whether validation is done n the client or the server has nothing to do with placing the message next to the text field.

[Bear Bibeault]

Explore the innerHTML property of DOM elements to see how to add content to an element.

With regards to validation: while client-side validation is nice for the user, your server code should never rely upon it and should always re-validate the data regardless of whether it was validated on the client or not.