Validations to be considered for writing script for date of birth in a form

[prakashsurya]

i need your help for writing javascript for date of birth.in dis we are using seperate drop down menus for date,month and year.....so wat are d validations to b considered 2 overcome dis.......

[AricC]

i need your help for writing javascript for date of birth.in dis we are using seperate drop down menus for date,month and year.....so wat are d validations to b considered 2 overcome dis.......

If you are getting the values from drop downs then you shouldn't have too much too worry about. Dont give them the option for dates that you know possibly couldn't be reasonable like 01/01/1901 unless you have some really old people visiting your page.

[prakashsurya]

This is the html code i hav used for the date of birth
now my aim is that when v submit the form the date,month and year fields
should not be empty
can u plz provide me the necessary function
i mean script
thanq






Date of Birth :
<select name="month" autocomplete="off" class="text" id="dateofbirth" >
<option selected="selected">Jan</option>
<option>Feb</option>
<option>Mar</option>
...........................
</select>
<select name="date" autocomplete="off" class="text" id="dateofbirth" >
<option selected="selected">1</option>
<option>2</option><option>3</option>
............................</select>
<select name="year" autocomplete="off" class="text" id="dateofbirth" >
<option selected="selected">1955</option><option>1956</option><option>1957</option>
.....................................
</select>

[acoder]

This is the html code i hav used for the date of birth
now my aim is that when v submit the form the date,month and year fields
should not be empty
can u plz provide me the necessary function
i mean script
thanq

Check out these tutorials/articles:
Form Validation- Apple
Form Validation - W3Schools
Form Validation - doing it right

[acoder]

Also check this date validation script.