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1:45
May 28, 2008


Ashley Meissner

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I have a question where the participant enters the date they took a class. I need everyone to enter it in the same format, mm/dd/yyyy. I have put in the calendar feature so they can click on the date and it will populate. I have also used the pattern-based input mask to fill in the answer as mm/dd/yyyy but am still getting different formats. Is there anyway to prevent a survey from being submitted unless that question is answered in the correct date format?

2:39
May 28, 2008


Mario

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Boulder, CO

posts 450

You can use the VALIDATION feature and include a regular expression to make sure that the post is in the proper format. Edit the question and scroll-down to validation. From the “Commonly used patterns” box, choose “Date in mm/dd/yyyy format”. You can then add an optional message to let them know that they entered the date in the wrong format.

This will make sure the textbox response is in the correct format before continuing.

10:21
May 30, 2008


Ashley

Guest

If I do that will they still be able to submit with the wrong date format? I was under the impression that this feature gave a warning that it was not in the correct format but that it could still be submitted.

5:24
May 30, 2008


Chad

Moderator

posts 689

Hi Ashley,
No, if you have validation on a question and a survey taker does not pass the validation they will not be able to continue with the survey.

A warning does flash up before the survey taker tries to submit, but there should also be backend validation that stops the submit.

Hope this helps,
Chad

1:50
June 9, 2008


ashley

Guest

I’ve done this but I’m still getting answers in different formats. I even took the survey and put the date in the wrong format and was still able to submit it…

3:06
June 10, 2008


Chad

Moderator

posts 689

Hi Ashley,
Ahh, I see looks like this is a bug. We’ve submitted it to our developers and we’ll let you know when the issue is resolved.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
Chad

1:41
June 16, 2008


Chad

Moderator

posts 689

Hi Ashley,
This issue should be resolved in our system update on Wednesday. If you continue to have this issue after Wednesday please let us know.

Thanks,
Chad

9:01
June 23, 2008


Chris

Guest

I’ve got the same behaviour, the validation only checking on the initial input rather than preventing the submission.

So I’ll also test on and let you know.

Cheers,

Chris

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