Ignore server side validation

[S Majumder]

Hi every body , I have a problem ,

I have a phone number field , that is being validated by JSF's validation.I have written one phone nunber validation .It is working fine .
I have one clear button also.If user dont want to put any value , (s)he may press the clear button.
But the problem is suppose user put some invalida phone number & press the clear button , the JSF is showing invalid phone number.But I dont want to do any type of validation , when user click the clear button.


Here is my JSF code :

<h:outputText value="Phone : *"/>
	<h:inputText
		id="Phone_Field"
		required="true"  	  
		value="#{multiSiteBacking.phoneNumber}"  
		size="30">
		<f:validator validatorId="requiredPhoneNumberValidator" />	
	</h:inputText>


<h:commandButton id="clear" action="#{multiSiteBacking.clearAction}" value="Clear"/>
<a4j:support event="onchange" reRender="form" focus="clear"/>

<h:commandButton id="submit" action="#{multiSiteBacking.submitAction}" value="Submit"/>
<a4j:support event="onchange" reRender="form" focus="submit"/>

Please help.

Thanks ,
S

[Cameron Wallace McKenzie]

Hmmmm....could you use 'immediate=true' for this situation?

-Cameron McKenzie

[S Majumder]

Thanks for your reply ,
could you please describe it more .

regards,
S

[Tim Holloway]

Unless you actually need to update the backing bean instead of just the displayed data, you can use JavaScript.

I think it goes like this:

<h:commandButton id="clear" onclick="myForm:Phone_Field.value=''; return false;" value="Clear"/> 

I think you have to return false to make this a client-side only operation (cancels form submit). And the ID has to reflect the "true" ID of the PhoneField, not the JSF id. If in doubt, do a "view page source" on the rendered page to see what that is. It should be a composite of the control's ID plus the containing naming containers. If you see any generated names, put an ID on the container or you'll have problems, since generated names can vary unpredictably.

[S Majumder]

I have tried what you told , but it is not working.

Thanks,
S

[S Majumder]

Thanks again Mr.Tim Holloway for your reply ,

But the problem is when user click the clear button , I have to clear the text field (phone field) .So I think for clear button event I have to post to the server & clear the text field.


regards,
S