client-side validation

I use this code:
<cfform action="./addstudent.cfm" method="post" name="form1" id="form1" target="_blank">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td class="right">first name </td>
<td><cfinput name="firstName" type="text" id="firstName" size="30" maxlength="50" required="yes" message="Please enter your first name."></td>
</tr>
....
plus several other required fields. on submit of a blank record, no messages are returned and the record gets added to the db anyway. Any clues?

Not sure as I don't use the built in validation. You can always specify your own using the onValidate attribute, or specify a custom regex in the validate attribute. Or just switch to a standard form and use your own Javascript...there are tons of free scripts out there for validation and you'll have a lot more control.

I just copied your code and added a submit button and it worked fine. Are you submitting the information using a submit button or javascript code or something else?

Here's what I added at the bottom to submit the form:


<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="submit" name="submitBTN"></td>
</tr>
</cfform>

There maybe something in the code further down that is causing a problem.