Curious about Data::FormValidator I created a short test case. It's not working and two hours later I'm at a loss.

Here's what I have (in a CGI::Application context)...
sub validate_orderform {
    my $self = shift;
    my $q = $self->query();
    my $profile = {
        required => [qw(bill_fname bill_lname bill_street1         
        bill_city bill_state bill_zip bill_country payment_type)]
    };
    
    my ($valids, $missings, $invalids, $unknowns) =
        Data::FormValidator->validate($q, $profile);

    use Data::Dumper;
    my $html_output = Dumper($valids, $missings, $invalids, $unknowns)
+;
        
    return $html_output;
}

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I get the following output which seems to indicate that all the fields are parsed as valid despite the fact that two of the required fields (bill_lname and bill_zip) were left blank.The missing required fields are not listed among the $missings ($VAR2).

$VAR1 = {"bill_country" => ["USA"],"bill_lname" => [""],
"bill_fname" => ["John"],"bill_street1" => ["123 Main"],
"bill_state" => ["NY"],"bill_city" => ["New York"],
"bill_zip" => [""],"payment_type" => ["Check"]};

$VAR2 = [];
$VAR3 = [];

$VAR4 = [".cookies",".fieldnames",".charset",".parameters","action"];

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Can any Data::FormValidator users shed some light on this? Thanks!

sz

In reply to Data::FormValidator, Not by sz

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