"Field Email Address must have a valid form" when updating a user
- Product: Alma
Question
Adding an email to a patron with extension (e.g. full stop or period with "q.com" or "u.college"), gives error message: "Field Email Address must have a valid form".
Answer
Change the validation rules in: Configuration > User Management > General > Other Settings > email_regex.
This parameter controls what is a valid email format.
Out of the box the parameter may have:
(^([0-9a-zA-Z]([-.\w]*[0-9a-zA-Z])*@([0-9a-zA-Z][-\w]*[0-9a-zA-Z]\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,9})$)|\s*
An easier validation rule is:
^.+@[^\.].*\.[a-z]{2,}$
The expression should have no trailing or leading spaces. These will cause the regex to not work.
Additional Information
Can be verified in: http://regexpal.com/
Click here for documentation on Configuring Other Settings (User Management).
- Article last edited: 06-FEB-2019.