Maybe try:
IS_MATCH(r'\\\\server\\', 'You must provide a valid location')
Anthony
On Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:00:46 PM UTC-4, Josh Grigonis wrote:
>
> I have a form with a text input, and I want to make sure the user entry is
> prefixed with a specific UNC path.
>
> For example:
>
> \\server\blah\blah\file
>
> is acceptable
>
> \\bad\boo\hoo
>
> is not.
>
>
> In order to get this to work, I've tried the following, among other things:
>
> INPUT(_name='file', requires=IS_MATCH('\\\\server\', 'You must provide a
> valid location'))
> INPUT(_name='file', requires=IS_MATCH('^(\\\\)(server)', 'You must provide
> a valid location'))
>
> Strangely, either of these seems to allow:
>
> \server\foo\bar
>
> This seems like a bug to me, or is there something else going on subtle
> here.
>
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