Re: [ic] form profile and &fatal=yes

[Dan Bergan <suppressed>]

Mark Johnson wrote:
> Dan Bergan wrote:
>   
> > I am trying to use a form profile for my new_account page.  I've been
> > able to determine that my form profile is being processed, but the
> > account is being created even when a value fails the required checks.
> >
> > For a simple example, I am using indirect login, but when I enter an
> > invalid email address, the account still gets created.  Am I wrong in
> > thinking that "&fatal=yes" should cause the rest of the profile to not
> > be processed?  Also, I see a very similar question from last month with
> > no resolution:
> > http://www.icdevgroup.org/pipermail/interchange-users/2006-July/045801.html
> >
> > profiles.login:
> > __NAME__ NewAccount
> >
> > mv_username=email
> > &fatal=yes
> >
> > [if type=explicit compare="[userdb new_account]"]
> >    mv_nextpage=[either][cgi mv_successpage][or][cgi mv_nextpage][/either]
> > [else]
> >    mv_nextpage=[either][cgi mv_failpage][or][cgi mv_nextpage][/either]
> > [/else]
> > [/if]
> >
> > __END__
> >     
>
> Order of operations is gettin' ya.
>
> All your ITL interpolates before the profile checks ever start. That
> means [userdb new_account] fires up before you ever check the value of
> mv_username with the email check.
>
> You will likely need to split this into two operations. Use
> mv_form_profile to do your profile checks first, and then put the
> account creation code inside an mv_click. With &fatal in a
> mv_form_profile, for a failed profile, the mv_click code will never execute.
>
> You could, in fact, cut that one profile right between &fatal and the
> [if ...] line, putting the top part in the mv_form_profile, and the
> bottom part in the mv_click, and that would be logically the proper
> division.
>
>   
Mark,

Thank you!  So simple!

One more question -- you say the mv_click code will never execute (with 
&fatal and a failure)... how about mv_check?

Thanks,
Dan

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