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Re: disallow deleting all fields in repeating sections?

Matt Faus — Wed, 30 May 2007 10:19:59 GMT

Look around a little bit for the count() function. You can use this to see how many instances of a repeating group are present in the XML. If it is equal to zero, then you will need to fire your data validation.

Re: disallow deleting all fields in repeating sections?

dreadz — Wed, 30 May 2007 08:00:15 GMT

Thanks for your reply. I don't see anything to do with the number of rows under the validation or rules tabs though?

Re: disallow deleting all fields in repeating sections?

Matt Faus — Tue, 29 May 2007 19:57:04 GMT

Hi dreadz,

What do you mean that you can remove all of the fields in the repeating section? Do you mean that you can remove all instances of the repeating section so that there are no rows in the "table" ?

To prevent this, you can add custom data validation on the repeating section that fires when number of rows = 0. To do this, double-click the repeating section, go to the data validation and rules, and add a data validation that specifies this. Don't forget to add a nice message!

disallow deleting all fields in repeating sections?

dreadz — Tue, 29 May 2007 10:48:45 GMT

in my form i have an repeating section that cannot be left blank, ie. the repeating section should contain at least one entry.

it doesnt let you submit the form with a blank field in the section, but you can remove all fields in the repeating section and still submit the form.

is there any way to stop this happening? thanks