On 7 Jul 2020, at 22:58, Kai Kobschätzki wrote:
I render one input field surname. And if the user writes one string in
the input field it should be saved to surname (so forename is
None). If
the user writes two strings (separated through a white space) than the
first part should be saved to forename and the second one to surname
(and perhaps I want to make some string manipulation further).
This isn't a "safe" way of delineating forename/surname. It isn't
that uncommon for people to have unhyphenated compound surnames, eg:
Bruce Smith Jones
To see the confusion this may cause:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle
It is better to ask for the forename input separately, or at least
give the user the option to override your decision.
-- Clive
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