Validate ISBN

Bug #485999 reported by Edward Betts
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Open Library
Confirmed
Medium
arielb

Bug Description

ISBN values are stored as strings, we should validate them and warn the user if they're invalid.

Changed in openlibrary:
assignee: nobody → Anand Chitipothu (anandology)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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Anand Chitipothu (anandology) wrote : Re: [Bug 485999] [NEW] create a new type for ISBN with validation

On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:34 AM, Edward Betts <email address hidden> wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> We store ISBN values in a /type/string field, we should have a type for
> ISBN that includes validation.

We should add validation support to objects instead of creating new
type for ISBN.
How are we going to handle the case where the book has invalid ISBN?

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Edward Betts (edwardbetts) wrote :

We could validate, warn the user about invalid ISBN, but still allow and store them in the database.

summary: - create a new type for ISBN with validation
+ Validate ISBN
description: updated
Revision history for this message
Edward Betts (edwardbetts) wrote :

Should we validate in Javascript?

George (george-archive)
Changed in openlibrary:
assignee: Anand Chitipothu (anandology) → Ariel Backenroth (ariel-archive)
milestone: none → general-bucket
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