On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 21:52, Jasen Betts<ja...@xnet.co.nz> wrote:
> On 2009-08-19, Clemens Schwaighofer <clemens_schwaigho...@e-gra.co.jp> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 02:11, Randal L. Schwartz<mer...@stonehenge.com> 
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Andre" == Andre Lopes <lopes80an...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>> Andre> I'm developing a function with some checks, for example... to check 
>>> if the
>>> Andre> e-mail is valid or not.
>>>
>>> How are you hoping to do this?  The regex to validate an email
>>> address syntactically is pretty large:
>>>
>>>  http://ex-parrot.com/~pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html
>>>
>>> And no, I'm not kidding.  If your regex is smaller than that, you aren't
>>> validating email... you're validating something "kinda like email".
>>
>> Just in my opinion, this regex is completely too large. For basic
>> validating something like:
>> ^[A-Za-z0-9!#$%&'*+-\/=?^_`{|}~][A-Za-z0-9!#$%&'*+-\/=?^_`{|}~\.]{0,6...@[a-za-z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]{1,})*\.([a-zA-Z]{2,4}){1}$
>> works very well
>
> not good: eg:
>
> fails this valid address* : ad...@xxxxxxx.museum

yes it does, but all I need to change is {2,4}, to {2,6} or {2,}

> accepts this invalid one  : y...@gmail..com

and not it does not. I just tested it here.

The regex helps to avoid stuff like this:

f...@bar.com
foo@@bar.com
f...@.bar.com
f...@bar

etc

>
> "musedoma" replaced with several x to protect the innocent from spam
>
> in some contexts email adrresses with no domain part are valid
> addresses with [bracketed] mx servers instead of a domain and/or bang
> paths are also allowed (but not in common use and often not desirable)
>
>
>
>
> --
> Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org)
> To make changes to your subscription:
> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
>



-- 
★ Clemens 呉 Schwaighofer
★ IT Engineer/Web Producer/Planning
★ E-Graphics Communications SP Digital
★ 6-17-2 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8167, JAPAN
★ Tel: +81-(0)3-3545-7706
★ Fax: +81-(0)3-3545-7343
★ http://www.e-gra.co.jp
This e-mail is intended only for the named person or entity to which it is 
addressed and contains valuable business information that is privileged, 
confidential and/or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you received this 
e-mail in error, any review, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of 
this e-mail is strictly prohibited.   Please notify us immediately of the error 
via e-mail to disclai...@tbwaworld.com and please delete the e-mail from your  
system, retaining no copies in any media.    We appreciate your cooperation.


-- 
Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org)
To make changes to your subscription:
http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Reply via email to