To Adrian's point, the stronger your validation, the more difficulty your DB folks will have weeding false data from real data.
It's a lot easier to purge 'asdf test' from your data records, than 'Tarzan of the Jungle'. I'd say the strongest validation should be on the fields most critical to "getting in", and let people fudge a little on the incidentals - or better, make them optional =] Regarding email validation, you can actually test email validity on your site. I haven't done it before, but searching google for "realtime email validation" brought up a few hits. Bryan Minihan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Howard Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:46 PM To: IXDA list Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Forms: Validating the basics - can and should it be done? The data bods should find the idea of incorrect data more frightening than absent information - so that's a useful axe to wield. ________________________________________________________________ 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
