The compare validator can only be used to compare strings and numbers.If you need to compare values like dates you have two options.Client validation is not enabled as this will only work on the server-side because the date validator currently does not provide client validation, so $enable Client Validation is set to This validator checks if the input value is a date, time or datetime in a proper format.

Afterwards these two values are compared with the compare validator.Info: How to determine if a value is empty or not is a separate topic covered in the Empty Values section.Default value from database schema could be loaded via load Default Values() method of the model. If you do not specify them, they will take the values of the attribute and the model class being validated. intval, boolval, ...) to ensure a specific type for an attribute, you can simply specify the function names of the filter without the need to wrap them in a closure: This validator checks if the input value represents a valid image file.If you don’t put a Turbo Gears provides some information on the currently running validation process while it is handling the validation error.Whenever an error handling is in process some properties are available in the For the absolute most up-to date list of available validators, check the Form Encode validators module.You can also create your own validators or build on existing validators by inheriting from one of the defaults.See the Form Encode documentation for how this is done.