shared validation function

[thanoskParticipant]

Hello everyone,
is it possible to validate a column using a function? Suppose that I have a grid with 10 columns, 5 out of them have to follow a common validation rule (length as an example), do I have to repeat the “validation : function (…” part in every columns’ declaration? I see that the function, if available should return a result and a message so,

validation: function (cell, value) { validateLength(value,5);}

where

function validateLength(value, myLength) {
                if (value.length > myLength) {
                    return { result: false, message: "Field must be up to " + myLength + " chars" };
                }
                return true;
            };

but I am missing something.

[HristoParticipant]

Hello thanosk,

You could use one same validation function for all columns, but you need to refer to that function.
You should set validation for each one column that you desire to be validated.
Note: You need to use same arguments as in the validation callback

function validateLength(cell, value) { //Do validation };
...
{
	text: 'Quantity', datafield: 'quantity', width: 70, align: 'right', cellsalign: 'right', columntype: 'numberinput',
	validation: validateLength
}, {
	text: 'Price', datafield: 'price',
	validation: validateLength
}

Best Regards,
Hristo Hristov

jQWidgets team
http://www.jqwidgets.com

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