bruce <mailto:bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 5:10 PM said: > but in all honesty thanks for being honest. > , if you're going to write an app, and you're going > to do something with the data, it makes sense to me that you > 'know'/ensure that you're dealing with the correct kind of data. i haven't read anyone even hint at the contrary. > as i > see it, this allows you another way (low entropy) to determine that > the information you're getting is correct/valid. it also allows you > to know what functions you should/shouldn't preform on the data... you are correct. that's what data validation does. > thoughts... Yes. Your emails/electronic tranmissions are very/mostly hard/difficult to read/understand because of/as a result of all the alternative/choose-your-own-adventure paths each and every one/all of your sentences can take... Chris. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php