Stephen & Steve,
Thanks a bunch, really. I'm just now learning some perl, so a lot of stuff confuses me. I think I see it, so double thanks. You helped me fix a problem AND taught me something. Kenn LBNL On 3/11/2008 6:19 AM, Stephen Turner wrote: > At Monday 3/10/2008 05:10 PM, Kenneth Crocker wrote: >> Stephen, >> >> >> Why does yours have so much code? I just tried adding the '?' >> at the end, in front of the '$' and it still doesn't work. Where would >> I make a change to yours in order to get 4 positions for year? >> >> Kenn >> LBNL > > Kenn, > > Our version does more checking on entered values that yours- the one you > posted would allow something like 66/43/76 as a valid date. Looking at > ours a bit more closely, it may actually allow a 4-digit year, although > it also allows a 2-digit year. The year specification is the last part - > ([12][0-9])?[0-9][0-9] - I'm not a regexpert, but I'd guess that > removing the ? from the middle of that piece would enforce a 4-digit > year. The parentheses in that part are also probably not needed if you > remove the ?. > > If you want to extend your version to make it optional, try using > parentheses: > > (?#Date)^(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{4})?$ > > Steve > > >> On 3/10/2008 11:06 AM, Stephen Turner wrote: >>> At Monday 3/10/2008 12:31 PM, Kenneth Crocker wrote: >>>> To all, >>>> >>>> >>>> We have a Custom Field called "Need-By Date". It is applied >>>> to only a >>>> few Queues. In order to ensure the format entered is consistent, I put >>>> the following "(?#Date)^\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{4}$" into the Validation field. >>>> The result is RT demands an entry as though it is a Mandatory Field. I >>>> only wanted the format to be mandatory so that IF it was entered, it >>>> would require the desired format. Any ideas on how to accomplish this? >>>> Thanks ahead of time. >>>> >>>> Kenn >>>> LBNL >>> Kenn, >>> Here's what we have for an optional date field (MM/DD/YY format): >>> '(?#Date-Optional >>> MM/DD/YY)^(((0)?[1-9]|1[0-2])\/((0)?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])\/([12][0-9])?[0-9][0-9])?$', >>> >>> >>> It's the final '?' that makes this optional - without it, the field >>> is mandatory. >>> Steve >>> >>> Stephen Turner >>> Senior Programmer/Analyst - SAIS >>> MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T) >>> >> > > Stephen Turner > Senior Programmer/Analyst - SAIS > MIT Information Services and Technology (IS&T) > > > _______________________________________________ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com