Forums / Setup & design / Specify null in a select statement
James Packham
Tuesday 02 March 2004 8:54:16 am
Hi,
I'm trying to specify a null option inside a select statement:
<select name="{$attribute_base}_ezselect_selected_array_{$attribute.id}[]" {section show=$attribute.class_content.is_multiselect}multiple{/section}>
<option value="">Please choose a region</option> ......... Other options ..........
I want it throw a validation error because this is a required field (I've set it so in the class definition). But even though I've tried things like "null", "NULL", NULL, , ... I can't seem to get it to work :( Anybody got any advice? Is there an easy way to achieve this? (This is a single select)
Thanks,
James
Paul Forsyth
Tuesday 02 March 2004 9:12:14 am
I had a quick look at the ezselection code and it seems you are out of luck :( The datatype code doesn't do any validation of the data. To do this you will need to modify the file:
kernel/classes/datatypes/ezselection/ezselectiontype.php
paul
Wednesday 03 March 2004 1:25:26 am
Thanks Paul,
I'll have a look at that and post anything I find out :)
Cheers again,