I didn't test it, but this should do the job: requires = IS_MATCH('^\w{1,9}$', error_message='must be 1 to 9 characters/digits')
For further information about validators with regular expressions have a look here: http://web2py.com/book/default/chapter/07?search=formstyle#IS_MATCH On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 8:23:01 PM UTC+1 mostwanted wrote: > Is there a validator that could be used to limit the number of values that > could be submitted in a form field? I want users to input their ID numbers > but they cant be more than 9 characters, how do i achieve this? > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/686fd13a-9fe7-4a7f-bb95-c296d51738acn%40googlegroups.com.