Oh. I was not trying to be sarcastic at any time. I was just trying to help
On 10/04/07, Simon Haddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That is one thing that the web service can do that standard validations > can't do. I was trying to help with the original request made by Stephen. > The web service has the advantage of giving back other information too. > Like company name, history, etc. > > Not all applications can call web services however. Sometimes there are > wierd firwall rules in place. Especially in Government departments. I know > that the web server that I deploy my latest application on cannot make http > requests going out. Really sucks but is proving a major headache to change > and will likely take years at our current rate of negotiations. Therefor > the reason to have a CFC. > > > On 10/04/07, Andrew Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > lol, > > > > But Mark ABN's can still be valid and no longer be in use any more, so > > the webservice would be the best option..... Unless of course you where > > being sarcastic :-) > > > > > > > > On 4/9/07, Mark Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > How about using a webservice instead: > > > > > > > > http://www.abn.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearch/ > > > > > > Why bother using an authoritative source when you can spend hours > > > trying to reverse engineer the business rules and invent your own > > > method of validation instead? > > > > > > On 4/9/07, Andrew Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 09/04/07, Stephen M < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > So, has anyone got a Cold Fusion ABN validator they can throw me? > > > > > > > > > > I've found a PHP one, but no luck so far searching for one in CF. > > > > > > > > > > So far, what I've come up with is > > > > > > > > > > Len(ABN) eq 11 > > > > > > > > > > which is a bit like Blackadder and Baldrick's s rewrite of Dr. > > > > > Johnson's dictionary, stuck on Aardvark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Andrew Muller > > > > http://www.webqem.com > > > > > > > > linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/151/905 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mark Stanton > > > Gruden Pty Ltd > > > http://www.gruden.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Senior Coldfusion Developer > > Aegeon Pty. Ltd. > > www.aegeon.com.au > > Phone: +613 8676 4223 > > Mobile: 0404 998 273 > > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers > Simon Haddon -- Cheers Simon Haddon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
