That is one thing that the web service can do that standard validations can't do. I was trying to help with the original request made by Stephen. The web service has the advantage of giving back other information too. Like company name, history, etc.
Not all applications can call web services however. Sometimes there are wierd firwall rules in place. Especially in Government departments. I know that the web server that I deploy my latest application on cannot make http requests going out. Really sucks but is proving a major headache to change and will likely take years at our current rate of negotiations. Therefor the reason to have a CFC. On 10/04/07, Andrew Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > lol, > > But Mark ABN's can still be valid and no longer be in use any more, so the > webservice would be the best option..... Unless of course you where being > sarcastic :-) > > > > On 4/9/07, Mark Stanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > How about using a webservice instead: > > > > > > http://www.abn.business.gov.au/ABRXMLSearch/ > > > > Why bother using an authoritative source when you can spend hours > > trying to reverse engineer the business rules and invent your own > > method of validation instead? > > > > On 4/9/07, Andrew Muller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 09/04/07, Stephen M < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > So, has anyone got a Cold Fusion ABN validator they can throw me? > > > > > > > > I've found a PHP one, but no luck so far searching for one in CF. > > > > > > > > So far, what I've come up with is > > > > > > > > Len(ABN) eq 11 > > > > > > > > which is a bit like Blackadder and Baldrick's s rewrite of Dr. > > > > Johnson's dictionary, stuck on Aardvark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Andrew Muller > > > http://www.webqem.com > > > > > > linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/151/905 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark Stanton > > Gruden Pty Ltd > > http://www.gruden.com > > > > > > > -- > > > > Senior Coldfusion Developer > Aegeon Pty. Ltd. > www.aegeon.com.au > Phone: +613 8676 4223 > Mobile: 0404 998 273 > > > -- Cheers Simon Haddon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
