GetValidate

Obtains the validation rule for a column in a DataWindow.

GetValidateByColNum A separate method name is provided as an alternative syntax for the Web DataWindow server component, which cannot use overloaded methods.

DataWindow type	Method applies to
PowerBuilder	DataWindow control, DataWindowChild object, DataStore object
Web	Server component
Web ActiveX	DataWindow control, DataWindowChild object

string dwcontrol.GetValidate ( string column )
string dwcontrol.GetValidate ( integer column )

string dwcontrol.GetValidate ( string column )
string dwcontrol.GetValidateByColNum ( short column )

string dwcontrol.GetValidate ( string column )
string dwcontrol.GetValidate ( number column )

Argument	Description
dwcontrol	A reference to a DataWindow control, DataStore, or child DataWindow.
column	The column for which you want the validation rule. Column can be a column number or a column name. The column number is the number of the column as it is listed in the Column Specification view of the DataWindow painter—not necessarily the number of the column in the Design view.

Returns the validation rule for column in dwcontrol. Returns the empty string (“”) if no validation criteria are defined for the column.

If any argument value is null, in PowerBuilder and JavaScript the method returns null.

You can use GetValidate to save the current validation rule before calling SetValidate to change the rule temporarily.

These statements change the validation rule for column 7 in the DataWindow control dw_Employee to Rule2:

string Rule1, Rule2 = "Long(GetText()) > 15000"

Rule1 = dw_Employee.GetValidate(7)

dw_Employee.SetValidate(7, Rule2)