- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:03:15 +0200
On Mar 20, 2006, at 16:15, Hallvord R M Steen wrote: > Is it against the "idea" of input type="number" to send leading zeros > if the users type them? I think it is at least against the idea of input type="number" to give significance to leading zeros, so it should not matter to the server-side app developer whether the leading zeros are dropped in the browser or in a (hypothetical) server-side form processing framework that gives typed data to the server-side app. > Some pros and cons: > - server parsers may interpret leading zeroes as octal values > on the other hand Then the server would be broken. > - if the field is for a post code, CC number, etc. leading zeros might > be required In my opinion, zip codes should not be treated as integers but as strings restricted by a regexp pattern to the local convention (if the locality is known; unrestricted if not). -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen at iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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