That is pretty much what I was going to recommend.
On Jan 8, 9:40 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote:
> I eventually settled on a regex that permits only letters, numbers and
> hyphens. Close enough for my needs:
>
> validates_format_of :subdomain,
> :with => /^[a-zA-Z0-9\-]*?$/,
> :message => 'accepts only letters, numbers
> and hyphens'
>
> Hope that's helpful!
>
> Jeff
>
> On Jan 8, 5:10 pm, scottmotte <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I think what Jeff meant is how to validate the subdomain as a normal
> > combination of letters and integers without a bunch of strange keys.
> > He's not talking about authentication, he's talking about validation.
>
> > I'll post here if I get this going Jeff. I'm also working on a way. It
> > looks like it will have to be a regular expression.
>
> > On Dec 12 2008, 12:33 am, Peter De Berdt <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > On 11 Dec 2008, at 17:06, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > > > I have a Rails app that uses subdomains as account keys. Users name
> > > > their own subdomains. How can I validate those subdomains as legal?
>
> > > Just like you would verify a user login. The subdomain then becomes
> > > part of the login procedure. You store it in a table and you
> > > "authenticate" the domain in a before_filter.
>
> > > Best regards
>
> > > Peter De Berdt
>
>
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