Re: DB_DataObject_FormBuilder & HTML_QuickForm questions with ArraySmarty renderer

On 8/29/05, Markus Fischer <markus@fischer.name> wrote: > Hi Justin, > > Justin Patrin wrote: > > On 8/24/05, Markus Fischer <markus@fischer.name> wrote: > >>* Custom validation rule for fields which are "not null" > >>We've had all "required" fields for the form submission of type > >>"not > >>null". However in this case we were not able to override the default > >>error message ("This field is required"). Calling addRule() simply > >>didn't change anything. Our solution was to change the database to be > >>"null" and then our custom rule was accepted. We mainly needed the > >>custom rules for translated error messages. > > > > See: > > http://opensource.21st.de/23.html#A17 > > Your advice is to set an option to the FormBuilder to use a customized > required message with requiredRuleMessage. > > Am I wrong that this applies to all required messages? > > Consider the current problem we're facing: > > We have a profile for the user to update. The user has two fields > "password" and "verify password". If the user just wants update his > profile, his password is NOT requred. > > But, if he wants to change his password, he MUST provide it two times. > > Again we're using custom callback handlers here. Problem: if the field > "password" is filled out and the field "verify password" has NO value, > the callback of "verify password" is not executed. > > Why are custom rules for fields not executed if the field is "not > required" and empty? > > And how can we work around this issue? > I'm still not sure how your'e doing this. How are you setting up your custom rule? If you make it a form rule it will always be called. For something like this where fields are conditionally required I would suggest a form rule. -- Justin Patrin