http://aria-media.com/blog/index.cfm en-us Sat, 04 Sep 2010 17:58:45 -0700 Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:16:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss d.nando@gmail.com d.nando@gmail.com http://aria-media.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/9/24/On-Validation I'm in the process of trying to figure out how i want to handle validation within MG Unity. There are a few options to explore. I'm studying how Reactor handles validation out of the box, using the specs for each field in the database as it's guide, and it reminded me of something ... I needed to order a copy of my birth certificate a few weeks ago. There's a company online called Vitalchek.com that handles it for you for all 50 US states. There's only one "small" problem i ran into ... the validation routines screwed up my application entirely, because the developer looked at validation from a narrow data-centric perspective. As a result, the validation routine did not allow me to enter my <i>valid</i> phone number or zip code, and my birth certificate was sent to a non-existent city in Maine. UPS couldn't call me either to try and figure out what went wrong, so they just sent the birth cert back to the sender. [More] user centric application design Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:16:00 -0700 http://aria-media.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/9/24/On-Validation