Hi,

I have question on using the question validation and question validation tip.

I have the following questions in my survey:
- numerical question: qVal
- array with 1 subquestion and 5 radio buttons with codes 1 to 5: qList

I would like to validate the qList as follows: if qVal=0 and qList option 4 or 5 are selected, the question is not validated and a tip should be shown


I inputted the following when editing the qList question:
Code in the question validation box:
!(intval(qVal.value)==0 and sum(self.NAOK)>3)

Code in the question validation tip box:
{if(intval(qVal)==0 and sum(self.NAOK)>3, 'Invalid choice', 'Valid choice')}

The string 'Valid choice' is always displayed, but only in red when the question is not valid so the validation works, but not the tip.

Anyone an idea?

That seems to be a bug. The if() statement in the question validation tip is only evaluated on page load, not dynamically as the questions are answered.

Please file a bug report and...

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2. Provide step-by-step instructions how to reproduce the problem.
3. Provide screenshots and/or a sample survey.
4. Post the link to the bug here so we can follow the progress.

As a workaround, you could add something like this to the source of the array question:

I've filed a bug report:
bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=9475

tpartner wrote: That seems to be a bug. The if() statement in the question validation tip is only evaluated on page load, not dynamically as the questions are answered.

Could this be a question type or EM function related issue?

...because I just worked on a similar setup (email validation) and there the EM expression was adjusted at runtime depending on the user input.

Great workaround BTW!