Robert Walker wrote: > Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: >> Robert Walker wrote: >>> Rajinder Yadav wrote: >>>> How can I validate and email address without using complex reg-ex is >>>> there a simple rails way to do this? >>> >>> Are you nuts? That's just the sort of thing Regexp was designed to do. >>> And, it's not really all that complex. >> >> Yes it is. The *only* correct regexps I am aware of for e-mail >> addresses are on the order of a page in length. All shorter regexps >> reject some valid e-mail addresses. > > Thanks Marnen. I stand corrected. > > However, just to clarify, are you saying that Regexp is still the best > approach? Given that what you're saying is true, which I'm sure it is, > then I could imagine that performing this validation without using > Regexp would be even more complex and require quite a bit more code.
The best approach is to download a plugin for email validation, because someone, somewhere, has already done all the work ;-) -- 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.
