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maxlength validation on textarea

I am trying to do a maxlength validation on a textarea but it always fails 
validation however many characters I put in the field (even if it is empty). 

The textarea tag in my jsp is:
<html:textarea name="Page2Form" bundle="messages" property="comments" 
titleKey="comments.form.alt" altKey="comments.form.alt" rows="5" 
styleClass="TextInput" errorStyleClass="ErrorTextInput"/> 

The validation XML is:
<field property="comments" depends="maxlength">
<arg position="0" bundle="messages" key="comments.form.alt"/>
<arg position="1" name="maxlength" key="${var:max}" resource="false"/>
<var>
 <var-name>max</var-name>
 <var-value>500</var-value>
</var>
</field> 

Have I got something wrong? 



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Re: maxlength validation on textarea

Posted by pa...@webotech.co.uk.
Thanks Niall - that fixed it. 

Paul 


Niall Pemberton writes: 

> You <var> name is wrong, try the following.... 
> 
>  <var>
>   <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
>   <var-value>500</var-value>
>  </var> 
> 
> Niall 
> 


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Re: maxlength validation on textarea

Posted by Niall Pemberton <ni...@blueyonder.co.uk>.
You <var> name is wrong, try the following....

 <var>
  <var-name>maxlength</var-name>
  <var-value>500</var-value>
 </var>

Niall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pa...@webotech.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:00 PM


> I am trying to do a maxlength validation on a textarea but it always fails
> validation however many characters I put in the field (even if it is
empty).
>
> The textarea tag in my jsp is:
> <html:textarea name="Page2Form" bundle="messages" property="comments"
> titleKey="comments.form.alt" altKey="comments.form.alt" rows="5"
> styleClass="TextInput" errorStyleClass="ErrorTextInput"/>
>
> The validation XML is:
> <field property="comments" depends="maxlength">
> <arg position="0" bundle="messages" key="comments.form.alt"/>
> <arg position="1" name="maxlength" key="${var:max}" resource="false"/>
> <var>
>  <var-name>max</var-name>
>  <var-value>500</var-value>
> </var>
> </field>
>
> Have I got something wrong?



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