>>>>> "Clemens" == Clemens Schwaighofer <clemens_schwaighofer@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
