JSF validation

[Mary Cole]

Hi,
I want to validate a field for a regex and am using the code as shown below

<h:outputLabel value="Name: " />
					<h:inputText id="acctname" value="#{abean.accountName}"
						required="true" label="Name" size="40" maxLength="100">
						<f:validateRegex pattern="^[a-zA-Z0-9_,']*$" />
					</h:inputText>

When I enter an invalid name, the message I get back is "Regex Pattern not matched". How do I get a custom message shown on the UI like "Name cannot contain invalid characters"
Should I write a custom validator?

Thanks in advance

[Tim Holloway]

Add a validatorMessage attribute to the inputText control. You have to have JSF 1.1 or higher, I think, and I may not have spelled the attribute name correctly, so it's best to check the JSF tag docs, but I do this all the time (also custom requiredMessage's).

[Mary Cole]

Thanks TIm, it worked