On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:38:53 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote: >Metz's law: don't try to validate data unless you really understand and >communicate what is permissible. > >Take web forms that reject, e.g., valid e-mail addresses, valid ZIP+4.Please! > Striking example: "Seymour J Metz <[email protected]>" is a valid e-mail addrss (RFC 822?), and is fetched by the Copy command in MacOS Mail.app. Every web form I've tried rejects such, and I must strip it.
But ignore the permissive clause of Postel's principle, please! -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
