Or alternatively:
IS_MATCH('\\\\\\\\server\\\\', 'You must provide a valid location')
but don't do that. ;-)
For more details, see
http://docs.python.org/2/howto/regex.html#the-backslash-plague.
Anthony
On Thursday, July 11, 2013 8:15:56 PM UTC-4, Anthony wrote:
>
> 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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