Using regex validation criteria on binds with integer as the type

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Dear all,

I have noticed a very strange behavior when validating an input using regex
which is specified as an integer in the bind. When the bind is described as;

The validation always fails, even if the correct data eg. 007 or 999 is
entered. Validation only passes when the type is changed to a string, like;

I noticed this a while back and I didn't the time to do serious debugging
and troubleshooting until now.

Is this by design or is it that it's late in the evening and it has been a
long day for me :wink:

Regards
Kihara Absolomon :: Software Developer :: Movert Technologies :: +254 7
26
567 797 :: http://soloincc.movert.co.ke/

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Kihara,

7 is the integer form of 007. So even if you enter 007, the field will be
stored with a 7 -- and the 7 is what will be validated. Your best bet is to
leave the field as a string.

Best,

Chris

··· On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Wangoru Kihara wrote:

Dear all,

I have noticed a very strange behavior when validating an input using
regex which is specified as an integer in the bind. When the bind is
described as;

The validation always fails, even if the correct data eg. 007 or 999 is
entered. Validation only passes when the type is changed to a string, like;

I noticed this a while back and I didn't the time to do serious debugging
and troubleshooting until now.

Is this by design or is it that it's late in the evening and it has been a
long day for me :wink:

Regards
Kihara Absolomon :: Software Developer :: Movert Technologies :: +254 7
26
567 797 :: http://soloincc.movert.co.ke/

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce
bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook

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Chris,

Thanks. It is surely the end of a long day. time to log off.

Wangoruh Kihara