[rt-users] Custom Field Validation Question

[Mathew Snyder]

Excellent!  Thanks.

Mathew Snyder

Ruslan Zakirov wrote:
> '(?#DateDDMMYYYY)^((0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[-/.](0[1-9]|1[012])[-/.](19|20)\d\d)?'
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> On 10/25/06, Mathew Snyder <theillien at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I've added to our development server one of the custom field validations
>> that was posted to the mailing list a while ago by Nick Metrowsky.  The
>> particular validation I've added is
>> '(?#DateDDMMYYYY)^(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[-/.](0[1-9]|1[012])[-/.](19|20)\d\d',
>>
>>
>> The question I have is whether or not I can make it optional as it will
>> only apply to tickets that involve delivery of things such as hardware
>> provisioning or application development.
>>
>> Is there a way to validate the input only if there is something to
>> validate and ignore it if it is blank?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mathew Snyder
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