# tinyMce validation problem?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tinymce-validation-problem/146893>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 26, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tinymce-validation-problem/146893 "2008-08-26T15:40:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ravikanth)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tinymce-validation-problem/146893/1 "2008-08-26T15:40:20Z")

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Hi,

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  i am using the tinyMce text editor in my rails app.But how to

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write the java script validation for that textarea?

my validation is:

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  In that textarea all numbers are not allowed.

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I am getting the data from textarea using  
tinyMce.get(“id”).getContent().  
but i am getting

1234

 this data from above code.

i dont want any html tags.i want only data what we entered in textarea.  
how to get that data?

thanks,  
Ravi.

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**Author:** ![ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@ravikanth](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ravikanth)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/tinymce-validation-problem/146893/2 "2008-08-26T16:10:47Z")

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On Aug 26, 9:35 am, Ravi K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> But how to  
> write the java script validation for that textarea?

I think you’ve posted in the wrong forum. This is a javascript  
question, is it not? If it has something to do with rails, you may  
want to try the Rails-Talk Google group. Otherwise, try  
comp.lang.javascript.