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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks. Put it up for 2.15.


On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/regex-validation
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> do we have a blueprint for this some how? We can try to do it for 2.15.
>>
>> Lars
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Sharada Acharya <sa3119@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jason,
>>>
>>> I went through the your bug description, that is exactly what I want!
>>> Providing the ability to create regular-expressions or creation of a
>>> dynamic
>>> data-type seems to be the best way to verify the format of incoming data.
>>> I was wondering if this request has been considered for DHIS future
>>> release.
>>> Any idea about which version would it be considered for?
>>>
>>> -
>>> Sharada Acharya
>>> Health Informatics Intern at ICAP
>>> Columbia Univeristy
>>> New York, NY
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 7:40 PM, jason.p.pickering <
>>> 1247890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi Knut and Sharada
>>> >
>>> > This is still the case in 2.13 and good to see someone else is seeing a
>>> > need for this!
>>> >
>>> > Although what Sharada is requesting for is a bit different I think
>>> than the
>>> > blueprint you mentioned, but nonetheless related. I think the case
>>> here is
>>> > that a dynamic  data type, which is user definable in a sense,  needs
>>> to be
>>> > created. Right now, these are hardcoded as integer, negative integer,
>>> > positive integer, etc. And all of these different types basically use a
>>> > regular expression to validate their type, since in the database,
>>> > everything is stored as text. Seems to be a useful feature, but having
>>> a
>>> > server side mechanism to do the validation is the first step in my
>>> mind.
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Jason
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/regex-validation
>>> > >
>>> > > ** Changed in: dhis2
>>> > >        Status: New => Invalid
>>> > >
>>> > > --
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>>> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247890
>>> > >
>>> > > Title:
>>> > >   New field type required to ensure the format of the data
>>> > >
>>> > > Status in DHIS 2:
>>> > >   Invalid
>>> > >
>>> > > Bug description:
>>> > >   There doesn’t seem to be a way to check the structure of each field
>>> > >   beyond field type (number, text, date). For example, ensuring ANC
>>> > >   number is formatted as ###/##/## or is a particular length.
>>> Validation
>>> > >   rule does not allow users to create an expression which checks if
>>> the
>>> > >   input is well-formed or has a particular format-type.
>>> > >
>>> > >   DHIS Live Version: 2.11
>>> > >
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>>> > report.
>>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247890
>>> >
>>> > Title:
>>> >   New field type required to ensure the format of the data
>>> >
>>> > Status in DHIS 2:
>>> >   Invalid
>>> >
>>> > Bug description:
>>> >   There doesn’t seem to be a way to check the structure of each field
>>> >   beyond field type (number, text, date). For example, ensuring ANC
>>> >   number is formatted as ###/##/## or is a particular length.
>>> Validation
>>> >   rule does not allow users to create an expression which checks if the
>>> >   input is well-formed or has a particular format-type.
>>> >
>>> >   DHIS Live Version: 2.11
>>> >
>>> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>>> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/dhis2/+bug/1247890/+subscriptions
>>> >
>>>
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>>> You received this bug notification because you are a member of DHIS 2
>>> developers, which is subscribed to DHIS.
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247890
>>>
>>> Title:
>>>   New field type required to ensure the format of the data
>>>
>>> Status in DHIS 2:
>>>   Invalid
>>>
>>> Bug description:
>>>   There doesn’t seem to be a way to check the structure of each field
>>>   beyond field type (number, text, date). For example, ensuring ANC
>>>   number is formatted as ###/##/## or is a particular length. Validation
>>>   rule does not allow users to create an expression which checks if the
>>>   input is well-formed or has a particular format-type.
>>>
>>>   DHIS Live Version: 2.11
>>>
>>> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/dhis2/+bug/1247890/+subscriptions
>>>
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> Knut Staring
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