Email RegularExpression not working

[Learning SQL Server]

The email reg exp that ships with the RegularExpressionValidator doesnt like
this email address:

[email]user@blah.ru[/email]

Or any other email domain that contains only 2 letters after the dot.

It *looks* like it should (I notice the qualifier at the end of the
statement for 2 or more letters), but the validator always fires anyway.
Anyone else notice similar behavior or do I just need some sleep?

[Seaside]

try validationExpression="\S+@\S+\.\S{2,3}"



"Learning SQL Server" <no.mail.com> wrote in message
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> The email reg exp that ships with the RegularExpressionValidator doesnt

like

> this email address:
>
> [email]user@blah.ru[/email]
>
> Or any other email domain that contains only 2 letters after the dot.
>
> It *looks* like it should (I notice the qualifier at the end of the
> statement for 2 or more letters), but the validator always fires anyway.
> Anyone else notice similar behavior or do I just need some sleep?
>
>
>
>

[Colin Young]

This is the one I use:

[\w-.]+?@([\w-]+?\.)+[\w]{2,}

I've tested it fairly extensively, including a couple of embarassing
incidents where potential customers trying to register emailed me to tell me
that my form wouldn't accept their email address, resulting in the included
regular expression.

I haven't had any emails for a while now to tell me I'm rejecting valid
addresses.

Colin

"Learning SQL Server" <no.mail.com> wrote in message
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> The email reg exp that ships with the RegularExpressionValidator doesnt

like

> this email address:
>
> [email]user@blah.ru[/email]
>
> Or any other email domain that contains only 2 letters after the dot.
>
> It *looks* like it should (I notice the qualifier at the end of the
> statement for 2 or more letters), but the validator always fires anyway.
> Anyone else notice similar behavior or do I just need some sleep?
>
>
>
>

[Learning SQL Server]

Colin:
I was looking at another expression *sheepish grin*


"Colin Young" <x@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> This is the one I use:
>
> [\w-.]+?@([\w-]+?\.)+[\w]{2,}
>
> I've tested it fairly extensively, including a couple of embarassing
> incidents where potential customers trying to register emailed me to tell

me

> that my form wouldn't accept their email address, resulting in the

included

> regular expression.
>
> I haven't had any emails for a while now to tell me I'm rejecting valid
> addresses.
>
> Colin
>
> "Learning SQL Server" <no.mail.com> wrote in message
> news:ueVefkOXDHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

> > The email reg exp that ships with the RegularExpressionValidator doesnt

> like

> > this email address:
> >
> > [email]user@blah.ru[/email]
> >
> > Or any other email domain that contains only 2 letters after the dot.
> >
> > It *looks* like it should (I notice the qualifier at the end of the
> > statement for 2 or more letters), but the validator always fires anyway.
> > Anyone else notice similar behavior or do I just need some sleep?
> >
> >
> >
> >

>
>

[Chris R. Timmons]

"Learning SQL Server" <no.mail.com> wrote in
news:ueVefkOXDHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

> The email reg exp that ships with the RegularExpressionValidator
> doesnt like this email address:
>
> [email]user@blah.ru[/email]
>
> Or any other email domain that contains only 2 letters after the
> dot.
>
> It *looks* like it should (I notice the qualifier at the end of
> the statement for 2 or more letters), but the validator always
> fires anyway. Anyone else notice similar behavior or do I just
> need some sleep?

Here's a regex I use to validate e-mail addresses:

^[-a-zA-Z0-9][-.a-zA-Z0-9]*@[-.a-zA-Z0-9]+(\.[-.a-zA-Z0-
9]+)*\.(com|edu|info|gov|int|mil|net|org|biz|name|mu seum|coop|aero|pr
o|[a-zA-Z]{2})$


Hope this helps.

Chris.
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