RE: Question: Validation on select boxes and lists.

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> Hope this is not off topic, and it might be a dumb
> question, but I'm new.
> For drop down menus, list boxes, selects etc, would
> validation be needed to check the string , say for
> special characters ? (as a security precaution)

I have read several posts/articles on this matter and although the actual
HTML form will only pass the values available, it is possible for a hacker
to compose an HTTP 'message' with data other than that provided by the HTML
form.

So, validation is advisable.

A site that I would highly recommend as it has enlightened me on several
topics is: www.shiflett.org

Graham

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