On 10/23/05, Ian Bicking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And then extract these into a schema. But while you might want this > validation on a form, I'm of the opinion that it's better to be more lax > when doing programmatic updates, especially because there might not be a > feedback cycle to correct problems (as with a human doing updates).
Not just that, but a web form might look different from what's in the database. Here's an awful example, but it makes the point: if you have 3 text fields for entering area code, prefix and number for a phone number. Those 3 fields come into the controller, but only one gets stored in the database. Kevin
