server side validation:
/^[a-z0-9]{1,20}$/
Vlad Jebelev
OpenSRS developer
On Sat, 30 Dec 2000, James MacNeil wrote:
> Does anyone have a regular expression for validating the syntax of a username and
>password? (If not, does anyone have the rules for valid names?)
>
> I've noticed that the Perl client will let an invalid username/password proceed
>through the registration process, but will come back with a 465 error when your
>server sees it. I'd like to tell the user that they've got a bad username before
>they go through the trouble of entering all their address info, etc.
>
> Thanks
>