I've been asked several times by the owners of our lead database, which is generated by any/all forms we have on our site, to increase validation of the fields of any/all forms to ensure - or "force" to use their term - the user to input valid data. (In this way, they get a "clean" db, is really the gist.)
Our fields include: First name Last name Title Company name Email Phone Street address City / State / Zip (*Note, these are not the precise labels) Anyway, I figure we can and should, to a degree validate phone number and email fields without too much issue. What is desired, however, is to 'validate' that all those other fields - e.g., name - get input with reliable information. I don't think this can be done, to be honest, and it just feels plain wrong. I understand the internal desire for it, but I've commented that such validation brings up more questions about error messaging/alerts than is worth it in the end. Plus, they're trying to get more people to fill out these forms, and that sort of validation seems counter-intuitive. Thoughts? Resources? (I've looked, not found any yet)... Thanks :) -J ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
