... Do
you suck?
In a slightly invective tone, Reg makes some great points about assumptions in validation, and the
real trouble it can cause. I'm not entirely sure how often I've been guilty, but I know I'll pay a lot closer attention from here on out.
When you build a web app, remember: if it's going public, it has the potential to mess with people's lives.
And now I'm off to re-check those regular expressions I've been using to validate email addresses...
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I can't even begin to tell you how often this type of thing happens to me (with the hyphenated last name). It's really frustrating to deal with, not to mention all of the time and money it wastes getting my name corrected on credit cards, accounts, etc.
Posted by
Rob Brooks-Bilson
on Sep 20, 2007 at 03:54 PM UTC - 5 hrs
It's never something I've really thought about. Generally I don't go restricting people's names, though I am almost certain I've restricted emails.
In any case, accept my apologies if I've ever caused you trouble - I won't let it happen again! =)
Posted by
Sam
on Sep 20, 2007 at 04:50 PM UTC - 5 hrs
The good news is that ColdFusion rocks it hard core once again:
#IsValid( "email", "invective+travel@gmail.com" )#
... gives us:
YES
Posted by
Ben Nadel
on Sep 21, 2007 at 07:13 AM UTC - 5 hrs
Wow. I'm a moron. When did they put that in there? (Answer: CF7) I guess I should take a closer look when they release new versions - I've been using CF since 4.5, and I don't think I've ever used that function. Of course, we're upgrading straight from CF6 to 8, so that might have something to do with it.
Ben, I think you will be coauthoring the next round of CF books at this pace. Thanks for the insight.
Posted by
Sam
on Sep 21, 2007 at 07:56 AM UTC - 5 hrs
Thanks for the kind words. Coauthoring would be a nice goal :)
Posted by
Ben Nadel
on Sep 23, 2007 at 01:54 PM UTC - 5 hrs
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