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Philip Hallstrom wrote:
>> Robert Walker wrote:
>>> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>>>> Robert Walker wrote:
>>>>> Rajinder Yadav wrote:
>>>>>> How can I validate and email address without using complex reg-ex is
>>>>>> there a simple rails way to do this?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are you nuts? That's just the sort of thing Regexp was designed to do.
>>>>> And, it's not really all that complex.
>>>>
>>>> Yes it is. The *only* correct regexps I am aware of for e-mail
>>>> addresses are on the order of a page in length. All shorter regexps
>>>> reject some valid e-mail addresses.
>>>
>>> Thanks Marnen. I stand corrected.
>>>
>>> However, just to clarify, are you saying that Regexp is still the best
>>> approach? Given that what you're saying is true, which I'm sure it is,
>>> then I could imagine that performing this validation without using
>>> Regexp would be even more complex and require quite a bit more code.
>>
>> The best approach is to download a plugin for email validation, because
>> someone, somewhere, has already done all the work ;-)
>
>
> Several some ones...
>
> http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/validates_as_email
> http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/validates_as_email_address
> http://agilewebdevelopment.com/plugins/validates_email_format_of
>
Thanks Philip =)

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Kind Regards,
Rajinder Yadav

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