--- "Kipp, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the best way to validate form data. I have a form which the user > enters dates like '08/01/2002'. What is the best way to make sure this > format is entered. Should i use javascript here or regex? > > Thanks
Answering what I think you're asking: Client-side validation (javascript) is fine for avoiding an unnecessary trip to the server, but it's easily avoided -- you can just turn javascript off. Therefore, server-side validation is mandatory lest you open up security holes. Cheers, Curtis "Ovid" Poe ===== "Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/ Someone asked me how to count to 10 in Perl: push@A,$_ for reverse q.e...q.n.;for(@A){$_=unpack(q|c|,$_);@a=split//; shift@a;shift@a if $a[$[]eq$[;$_=join q||,@a};print $_,$/for reverse @A __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
