regex handle currency (no post 'twas a newsgroup)

[stanleytweedle]

hi. the "thread" i liked (which broght me here from google) wasn't a thread at all? but located here: http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread493095.html

my app could go any direction at its current infantile stages, so it's wide open for suggestion

i want to let someone enter currency value from $0.01 (exaggeration) to $9999.99. i'm just trying to make it easier on myself for the db backend... do i want to let this guy enter text field? well... i should make it a little more "fun" than that-- but drop-downs dont really make sense for this sort of thing.

a li'l key-pad type ting would be ultra-rad!!

well i suppose a text field is the most logical dealio-- here i am trying to "make it easy on myself" and i'm talkin' keypads. any input will be appreciated. thanks

(ha! why do developers work so hard at making things difficult-- under the guise of making things easy? blah!)

[AricC]

hi. the "thread" i liked (which broght me here from google) wasn't a thread at all? but located here: http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread493095.html

my app could go any direction at its current infantile stages, so it's wide open for suggestion

i want to let someone enter currency value from $0.01 (exaggeration) to $9999.99. i'm just trying to make it easier on myself for the db backend... do i want to let this guy enter text field? well... i should make it a little more "fun" than that-- but drop-downs dont really make sense for this sort of thing.

a li'l key-pad type ting would be ultra-rad!!

well i suppose a text field is the most logical dealio-- here i am trying to "make it easy on myself" and i'm talkin' keypads. any input will be appreciated. thanks

(ha! why do developers work so hard at making things difficult-- under the guise of making things easy? blah!)

I'd use a text box imagine the amount of options if your drop down list went from $.01 to $9999.99. By keypad thing do you mean like some buttons? That wouldn't be a bad idea, but at that point you would be doing it for user convienence.

[acoder]

How about two text boxes, one for the integers and the rest for the decimals, then they can only enter numbers so it is much easier to test:

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