At 14:24 2009-09-02, MB Software Solutions, LLC 
<mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:

[snip]

>Thanks for the clarification, Gene.  But you could have a situation

      You are welcome.

>where you have a partial number, but then again, you just can't protect

      My uni has four-digit internal numbers.  I can see someone 
entering just that instead of the full number since that is what he would use.

>  against all kinds of bogus scenarios.  It's the 80/20 rule...code for

      It is worse when a user enters valid data and it is rejected 
because of overzealous checking.

>the 80%, deal with the 20%.

      Quite.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko



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