[thelist] regex in javascript
Jeff Howden
jeff at jeffhowden.com
Wed Jul 16 12:52:09 CDT 2003
david,
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> From: David Turner
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> i was looking at a regex for a phone number in
> javascript, that was failing and somebody told me that
> he thought this was due to a bug in javascript in IE.
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let's see the code, examples of data that works correctly with the regex,
and examples of data that should work, but doesn't with the regex.
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> does this sound possible?
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anything is possible.
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> and if this is the case what do people do for checking
> forms? do you do all the form validation on the server?
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server-side validation is an absolute must.
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> are there any links to sites with more info about this
> potentially very serious bug in ID. or have i been
> mis-informed, and it is safe to use javascript regex's
> for validating forms.
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need more data to confirm, but it sounds like old-fashioned fear-mongering
at this point.
.jeff
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