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MS includes a bunch of reasonably nice validation controls in VS 2005 and one of them includes the ability to validate that a string is a valid (syntactically) a URL. Sort of. If you don't prefix it with 'http://', it says it's invalid. I'd argue that we could just assume it's supposed to be there, but I guess erring on the side of caution is ok. But today, I was just about to post a link on www.opass.org about http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;912914&sd=rss&spid=2855 and the stupid control says it is not a valid URL, yet clearly I can browse to it! Possibly I'm missing some service pack, hot fix, or super secret turbo switch. Then again, maybe the MSDN guys don't use their own controls?
SQLAndy
I'm Andy Warren, currently a SQL Server trainer with End to End Training. Over the past few years I've been a developer, DBA, and IT Director. I was one of the original founders of SQLServerCentral.com and helped grow that community from zero to about 300k members before deciding to move on to other ventures.
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