November 2003 - Posts

• Date Validation

  Lets assume you want to store a valid date. I'll further assume that you'll want to do Date things on that date (either in SQL or in code or somewhere, but you probably want to use it). Religious tool fanatics will say “regex is the only way to Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:39 PM by jeffrey | 12 Comments Filed under: The Right Tool

• Email Validation

  Email validation seems to be one of the most popular uses for regex. I imagine a large part of that, at least in the ASP.NET community, is due to Validation Controls. Sure, you want to validate user input. Hell, you probably even want to do it client Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2003 7:59 AM by jeffrey | 10 Comments Filed under: The Right Tool

• If it doesn't fit, get a bigger hammer.

  I'll try to avoid the obligatory “first post” scene and instead describe--what I hope will be--the overall theme for my blogging here; “the right tool for the right job”. I've seen this happen in other places, but most often I Read More... Posted Monday, November 10, 2003 2:33 PM by jeffrey | 2 Comments Filed under: The Right Tool