Catalog Client Script - field length validation

[brycefraser]

Hi there!

I'm new to SNow and am trying to add field validation to one of our forms.

Basically, when a certain Service Company is selected, I want to check that the text entered into the Employee Number field is exactly 6 characters long.

So far I have been unable to get this working, I am not sure what is going on.

The type is set to "onSubmit" and this is the code I have (modified to remove company specific info):

function onSubmit() {

var payid = g_form.getValue('id') //get payroll id
var company = g_form.getvalue('service_company')           //get company
         if (company.match("Certain Company")){           //check to see if the company matches Certain Company
                   if(payid.match(/^\d{6}/)){           //check to see if payroll id matches 6 numbers long
                             alert('Please ensure the Payroll ID is 6 characters long')           //if it doesn't, display errors
   }}
}

Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

[Harish Murikina · Accepted solution]

Try this

function onSubmit()

{  

var payid = g_form.getValue('id') //get payroll id  

var company = g_form.getvalue('service_company')           //get company  

        if (company.match("Certain Company")) // Tell me whatyour trying to match here here is your doing wrong

      {           //check to see if the company matches Certain Company  

                  if(payid.length != 6)

                    {           //check to see if payroll id matches 6 numbers long  

                            alert('Please ensure the Payroll ID is 6 characters long')           //if it doesn't, display errors  

                            return false;

                  }

      }  

}  

[Pradeep Sharma]

Hi Bryce,

Here you go.

function onSubmit() {   



var payid = g_form.getValue('id') //get payroll id   

var company = g_form.getvalue('service_company')   //get company 

   alert(company); //Check what value you are getting here..just for testing

       if(company == 'Certain Company'){           //check to see if the company matches Certain Company   

                   if(payid.length != '6'){           //check to see if payroll id matches 6 numbers long   

                             alert('Please ensure the Payroll ID is 6 characters long')           //if it doesn't, display errors   

   }}   

}   

[brycefraser]

Thanks everyone!

I've gotten it to work as needed now, there were a few things that were wrong, i wasn't ending my lines with ";", the value returned for Service Company wasn't referenced properly and finally, using != "6" was perfect!

Thanks again!

[John Shores1]

I know this is an old post, but can someone confirm that match() is supported within a client script?  I have a use case where I need to confirm a string contains a specific sequence of characters, if it does, I need to show a field and make it mandatory.  So, far, I'm getting an "unhandled GlideAjax exception" when running it. Thanks in advance!