Alpha Blue wrote: > Marnen is correct here and it is actually the easiest way of doing > things. Let's say you have someone that placed anything in the field > like so: > > my number is (492)-4321234 > my number is [492]-432-1234 > my number is (4924321234) > > What is your application is used by other people worldwide? > > In this case the country has a country code, a local number, and an > international format: > > China Country code 86 > China Local (10) 69445464 > China International 861069445464 > > France Country code 33 > France Local 06 87 71 23 45 > France International 33687712345 > > etc. etc.
In this case, it probably makes sense to have a separate field for country code, and possibly one for area code. (And the proper way to write a phone number with a country code is to put a + before the country code.) Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
