Your correct your solution Anthony works. Massimo, I am not sure I understand what db.auth_user.username. requires.insert(0, MyStrangeRequirement()) is doing?
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > If i am correct this will not work because it should be: >> >> 1. check last character >> 2. remove last character >> 3. do db validation >> >> I think onvalidation does db validation and then 1&2. >> Db validation will not pass because usernames are stored without last >> character (as stated in first post). >> > > The form validation just checks the username field validator, which is > temporarily changed to IS_NOT_EMPTY, so it is only checking that a username > was submitted. In any case, even the regular username field validator > wouldn't check that the submitted value matches what's in the database. The > check for matching the submitted username with an existing db username > happens after the form processing, so using onvalidation should work. > > Anthony > -- -- Regards, Bruce Wade http://ca.linkedin.com/in/brucelwade http://www.wadecybertech.com http://www.warplydesigned.com http://www.fitnessfriendsfinder.com
