Looks like CF's IsValid() will accept a type of SSN ( http://www.houseoffusion.com/documentation/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentation&file=00000534.htm), which would suggest that there is some sort of check-sum or other algorithm available, which will give better results than the 111-11-1111 mask would.
It won't verify that the number has ever been issued, or that the number does not belong to a deceased person, or that it belongs to the person claiming it. On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Honestly, I don't think there is any other validator, and I'd be quite > surprised if there was any kind of service that validated SSNs as real or > otherwise. > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Greg Edmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > > > I know there are many ways to validate a US social security number, but > is > > there any way to verify that it is actually a real ssn number? For > > example, > > the current validation used for cfinput would return 111-11-1111 as a > valid > > ssn. I guess it could be valid, but I don't think it is. I need > something > > that would verify if this is an ACTUAL ssn. Kind of like we do for > credit > > cards. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305323 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
