[PHP] Data validation at the db level

2006-09-07 Thread Chris W. Parker
Hey everyone, Is there any work being done in the database world for data validation at the db level? It would be cool to just define a field as being an email address (of length nn) instead of saying a TEXT field (of length nn) and validating it in the application layer. Same goes for other

Re: [PHP] Data validation at the db level

2006-09-07 Thread Stephen Edberg
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Chris W. Parker wrote: Hey everyone, Is there any work being done in the database world for data validation at the db level? It would be cool to just define a field as being an email address (of length nn) instead of saying a TEXT field (of length nn) and validating it

RE: [PHP] Data validation at the db level

2006-09-07 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Hey everyone, Is there any work being done in the database world for data validation at the db level? It would be cool to just define a field as being an email address (of length nn) instead of saying a TEXT field (of length nn) and validating it in the application layer. Same goes for

RE: [PHP] Data validation at the db level

2006-09-07 Thread Chris W. Parker
Jay Blanchard mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thursday, September 07, 2006 5:16 PM said: There are all sorts of ways to validate data at the DB level and this is a PHP question how? Just because! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit:

RE: [PHP] Data validation at the db level

2006-09-07 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Jay Blanchard mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thursday, September 07, 2006 5:16 PM said: There are all sorts of ways to validate data at the DB level and this is a PHP question how? Just because! [/snip] Oil changes to the right -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)