Validation of select boxes using struts validator

[Pushkar Chowdhary]

hello all,

I'm using struts 1.3.5 with its validation.xml in my application which contains a single-select box. i'm not able to validate the select box using the default validator.

Can anyone please tell me how i can achieve that?

My aim is to show a warning when a user doesn't select anything from the select box.

I have one more query. earlier, i was using the email, minlength and maxlength validators only once in my form. at that time, the validation process was working properly. but then i added a few more fields. and hence i applied these validators to them as well. but, after that, the validation process is not happening at all. it only checks for the "required" fields and if they are filled, it completes the transaction successfully, without checking other validators.

Can you guys please help?

Thanks,
Pushkar.

[Merrill Higginson]

Originally posted by Pushkar Chowdhary:
I'm using struts 1.3.5 with its validation.xml in my application which contains a single-select box. i'm not able to validate the select box using the default validator.

You can use the "required" validator for a select box provided one of the options looks like this:

<html:option value="">Please make a selection</html:option>

If this option is the one selected, the validator will reject the entry if you've applied the "required" validator to the property specified in the <html:select> tag.
[ December 13, 2006: Message edited by: Merrill Higginson ]

[Pushkar Chowdhary]

Thanks for the reply Merrill.

Its working fine now.

[Laxman Chowdary]

Thank you so much Merrill Higginson...
Really Great.. Helped me a lot...

With Best Regards,
Laxman Chowdary