I''m looking for some experienced assessments of how / whether I need to bother to validate dates in my Rails app. I''ve Googled the topic but what I''m finding doesn''t tell me what I want to know. I''m not concerned with visitors entering invalid dates while they''re using my app. All dates are entered via selects. Also, the app doesn''t contain any date processing / calculations. What I''m looking to guard against is hackers who might try to corrupt the database using a means of access other than the app. I''ve got length and format validations on all the string fields, and numericality validations on all the int fields. But I can''t get my arms around how or even if I need to validate the date / datetime fields. Again, I don''t care if whatever they might try to feed the db (MySQL) gets turned into 0000-00-00 or whatever. I just want to ensure that they''re not able to corrupt the db, create a buffer overrun, etc. Thanks much for any advice. Best regards, Bill --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---