Hi Joe,
use IS_EMPTY_OR as in
IS_EMPTY_OR(IS_EMAIL(error_message=T('Invalid email address.')))
Denes
On Oct 13, 3:55 am, Joe J <joe.jasin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is probably an easy question, but I'm looking for a way to
> validate a field if it is given, but let it pass if it is empty.
> Currently, the following validator doesn't allow an empty string to be
> passed in. Is there an argument to the IS_EMAIL validator and other
> validators that allow it to accept empty values?
>
> db.define_table('entity',
> Field('email', 'string', length=64, required=False),
> )
>
> db.entity.email.requires = IS_EMAIL(error_message=T('Invalid email
> address.'))
