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Chapter 6: Updating Your Data 69

To validate the data users enter in the Insert Form

1. Open the file insertform.cfm in Studio.

2. Modify the file so that it appears as follows:

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>Insert Data Form</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<H2>Insert Data Form</H2>

<FORM ACTION="insertdata.cfm" METHOD="Post">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden"

NAME="DeptID_integer"

VALUE="The department ID must be a number.">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden"

NAME="StartDate_date"

VALUE="Enter a valid date as the start date.">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden"

NAME="Salary_float"

VALUE="The salary must be a number.">

Employee ID:

<INPUT TYPE="text"

NAME="Employee_ID"

SIZE="4"

MAXLENGTH="4"><BR>

First Name:

<INPUT TYPE="text"

NAME="FirstName"

SIZE="35"

MAXLENGTH="50"><BR>

Last Name:

<INPUT TYPE="text"

NAME="LastName"

SIZE="10"

MAXLENGTH="10"><BR>

Department Number:

<INPUT TYPE="text"

NAME="Department_ID" SIZE="4"

MAXLENGTH="4"><BR>

Start Date:

<INPUT TYPE="text"

NAME="StartDate" SIZE="16"

MAXLENGTH="16"><BR>

Salary:

<INPUT TYPE="text"

NAME="Salary"

SIZE="10"

MAXLENGTH="10"><BR>

Contractor:

<INPUT TYPE="checkbox"

NAME="Contract"

VALUE="Yes" CHECKED>Yes<BR><BR>