From: | merlyn(at)stonehenge(dot)com (Randal L(dot) Schwartz) |
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To: | Clemens Schwaighofer <clemens_schwaighofer(at)e-gra(dot)co(dot)jp> |
Cc: | Andre Lopes <lopes80andre(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Postgre RAISE NOTICE and PHP |
Date: | 2009-08-20 00:32:07 |
Message-ID: | 86fxbn1g1k.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com |
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>>>>> "Clemens" == Clemens Schwaighofer <clemens_schwaighofer(at)e-gra(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
Clemens> I am not going to defend any regex here, but in my opinion it helps on
Clemens> what I want to see in email addresses.
Clemens> Yes it fails on mobile, but I have not yet seen one.
And that's the problem. You get near-sighted if you put up a strong
validation for only things that *you* have seen. Because, guess what,
nobody outside your narrow view can sign up or be a customer.
Bad for business.
Clemens> Probably the best
Clemens> thing is to test nothing at all. Just accept it ...
Exactly! If you don't want to use the 950-character regex, DON'T DO
ANYTHING AT ALL. Far simpler.
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