Aldric Giacomoni wrote: > 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 ;-)
I wouldn't trust those plugins without inspecting their algorithms. I would probably use something like the following regex: /^...@.+\..+$/ This checks that it's of the form "[email protected]", but performs no further validation. 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.
