On Mar 20, 2006, at 16:15, Hallvord R M Steen wrote:
Is it against the "idea" of input type="number" to send leading zeros if the users type them?
I think it is at least against the idea of input type="number" to give significance to leading zeros, so it should not matter to the server-side app developer whether the leading zeros are dropped in the browser or in a (hypothetical) server-side form processing framework that gives typed data to the server-side app.
Some pros and cons: - server parsers may interpret leading zeroes as octal values on the other hand
Then the server would be broken.
- if the field is for a post code, CC number, etc. leading zeros might be required
In my opinion, zip codes should not be treated as integers but as strings restricted by a regexp pattern to the local convention (if the locality is known; unrestricted if not).
-- Henri Sivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
