[Zope] - Best way to input validation

[Jim Fulton]

Paulo Eduardo Neves wrote:
> 
> Oops, excuse me for the incomplete message. Here is the correct one:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've just notice that I had a misconception about how Zope handle input
> data validation. I thought it were possible to handle the errors, but it
> looks like we are doomed to show to the user the python traceback.
> 
> I believe now that the way to go is to forget the :int and :required
> specifiers in form attributes and directly code the validation code. Am
> I right?

Sound's like it.

> If so, then besides prototyping there's no use to these
> specifiers.

They are also useful if you don't want to bother writing
validation code.
 
> Is there a best way to validate input form data?

What would you like to do if an input is not valid?

Jim

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