Validate html text input as it's typed

Question

What\'s the best way of validating an HTML text input as it\'s typed? All ways I know of doing it has some drawbacks:

1. Using $.keypress you only

Answer 1

Just for another solution to prevent certain characters, without JQuery...

...

function checkInput(e)
{
    //only alpha-numeric characters
    var ok = /[A-Za-z0-9]/.test(String.fromCharCode(e.charCode));
    if (!ok)
        e.preventDefault();
}

I don't know if this requires new versions of things or only works on some browsers. Please comment.