Thanks Denis for pointing that out.
I'll make sure to force the first character of the handle to be
alphabetical.
--Dolan
Denis Balazuc wrote:
>
>
> > That said, I don't think allowing underbars or dashes will break
> anything.
> >
> > - Dave
>
> There may be an issue with
> XXXJPAUserManagerImpl.getWeblogHandleLetterMap() if using
> non-alphabetical chars.
> The implementation loops through a hard-wire list of characters. It
> looks to me that this query could be written without the need of such a
> static loop, using only SQL and allowing for any character internally
> but some still need to be forbidden to avoid URL troubles.
>
> public Map getWeblogHandleLetterMap() throws WebloggerException {
> String lc = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
> Map results = new TreeMap();
> Query query = strategy.getNamedQuery(
> "Weblog.getCountByHandleLike");
> for (int i=0; i<26; i++) {
> char currentChar = lc.charAt(i);
> query.setParameter(1, currentChar + "%");
> List row = query.getResultList();
> Long count = (Long) row.get(0);
> results.put(String.valueOf(currentChar), count);
> }
> return results;
> }
>
> NB: getUserNameLetterMap is implemented the same way, with a static list
> of chars.
>
> -- Denis
>
> Dave wrote:
>> On 6/15/07, Dolan Halbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> I was wondering why the weblog handle is limited to alphanumeric
>>> characters.
>>> We would find it really useful to allow, say dashes or underscores, but
>>> we're worried that defeating the validtion and doing this would cause
>>> problems down the road.
>>>
>>> Are strict alphanumeric handles still necessary or are they a legacy
>>> restriction?
>>
>> We restrict handles to alphanumerics to ensure that they can safely be
>> used in URLs. Perhaps that is overly restrictive, but I don't see a
>> great need to change (at least not until we have IRI support).
>>
>> That said, I don't think allowing underbars or dashes will break
>> anything.
>>
>> - Dave
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Dolan Halbrook
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