How do i limit the charlength for a input field?

GeXX

Hi,

i'm totally new here with datatables. I installed the tutorials and my first question is:

"How do i limit the charlength for a datafield (varchar(x)). Is it possible to do it with the editor?
If i enter a longer charsequence, the editor show's me the complete inserted sequence. But inside
the DB the sequence has been cropped.

How do i limit it? I thought the editor would do it automatically.

Thank you.

allan

You would apply a validation method that will ensure that the character length is less than a certain amount. For example:

[code]
new DTField( array(
"name" => "name",
"dbField" => "name",
"validator" => 'DTValidate::maxLen',
"opts" => array(
"maxLen" => 100
)
) )
[/code]

Editor will then automatically reject anything which is > 100 characters with an error message.

Regards,
Allan

GeXX

Ok, thank you!