[Deprecated] DMZ 1.5.3 (DataMapper OverZealous Edition)

[eluser]warrennz[/eluser]
EDIT

Have just read through the docs and discovered that validation on an existing record only runs if the value of the new field has changed. That pretty much answers my question. THanks

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Heya

Quick query regarding validation

Is it possible, at all, to partially validate save() data.

For example if I have 2 fields, firstname and lastname, that both have a 'required' flag for validation. That works fine when I create a new user, or update an entire user. But what I need is to be able to only update the lastname ( have it checked against its own validation ) and not require the first name to be there.

Possibly defeats the entire purpose of validation...i dunno but at certain times I want to present the user with ONLY an update password view. Then validation fails as username, name, email etc are not present.

Am I missing something.. is there a solution for this?

Thanks in advance