Adding custom field displays "Invalid value for field&q

[jvcoder]

I added a custom field (Company Name) and made the type STRING. When I go to add text into the field and submit I get [APPLICATION ERROR #1303 Invalid value for field].

Can someone please explain why I am entering an invalid field when I'm entering a text string?

thank you

[thraxisp]

The value could be too short or too long, or not match the regular expression provided.

[Guest]

I have the same problem, but only when i left the user defined field blank. In the definition the field id not required, but with Regular expression enabled, i can not leave the field blank.
The expression i use is: (A|B[0-9]{9})|([0-9]{10}). The expression catches the right values, but not the blank field!

Any help apreciated!

Many regards,
Christoph Neyen

[Jee]

The value could be too short or too long, or not match the regular expression provided.

Hi,
I have imposed a regular expression validation on a custom field and that works perfectly. Is there a way though to customize the "APPLICATION ERROR #1303 Invalid value for field" error message?
Often reporters don't have a clue which field is wrong. I would like to have a custom message but knowing which field is wrong would already be helpful.

Jee

[Narcissus]

Christoph:

I believe the problem you're experiencing is the fact that although the field is not required, your regular expression does not allow for an empty string.

I can see the argument for this going both ways but you could always bug it. For the time being, fix your regular expression to also allow an empty string.

Jee: to my knowledge, you cannot make the message any less generic without some code hacking.

Hope this helps,
Lincoln.

[Jee]

Jee: to my knowledge, you cannot make the message any less generic without some code hacking.

Thanks Lincoln. Any hints as to where in the code I should be hacking? I've done some searching but couldn't find an obvious place to insert my coding.

Thanks in advance,

Jee

[ANR Daemon]

I have the same problem, but only when i left the user defined field blank. In the definition the field id not required, but with Regular expression enabled, i can not leave the field blank.
The expression i use is: (A|B[0-9]{9})|([0-9]{10}). The expression catches the right values, but not the blank field!

Any help apreciated!

Many regards,
Christoph Neyen

At first, You have 2 errors in Your RE.
1. Technical
When we mean a 10-letter string, (A|B[0-9]{9}) match these strings:

"A"
"B#########"

but not "A#######"

2. Ideological
Your RE match any part of string, but not whole string.
So, (when we mean a 10-char str), Your RE allow "xyhgfAdmiw" string, looks totally wrong for You.

To solve both problems and allow empty string, try this RE:

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^([AaBb0-9][0-9]{9})?$