MSDN code example is wrong. How do I fix it? RSS

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  Kensino

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  MSDN code example is wrong. How do I fix it?

  Nov 27, 2012 09:38 PM|LINK

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.security.membershipprovider.passwordstrengthregularexpression.aspx

  I am trying to setup this regular expression but the MSDN article is wrong. The code example says to use:

  passwordStrengthRegularExpression="@\"(?=.{6,})(?=(.*\d){1,})(?=(.*\W){1,})"

  However, when I copy and paste that into my web.config file, I get 44 error messages saying:

  Error    1    Character '(', hexadecimal value 0x28 is illegal in an XML name.

  How do I get this working? And can someone please fix that article?

  Thanks.
  
  

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  oned_gk

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  Re: MSDN code example is wrong. How do I fix it?

  Nov 27, 2012 11:18 PM|LINK

  try this

  passwordStrengthRegularExpression="@\"(?=.{6,})(?=(.*\d){1,})(?=(.*\W){1,})"

  Programming to simplify, dont look for hard way
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  Kensino

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  Re: MSDN code example is wrong. How do I fix it?

  Nov 28, 2012 01:47 AM|LINK

  It appears that it's working now, for some reason. I don't know why the MSDN code doesn't work. Is there a way to have that page updated, so that it's correct?

  
  Thanks.

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  oned_gk

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  Re: MSDN code example is wrong. How do I fix it?

  Nov 28, 2012 03:12 AM|LINK

  The problem is any double quote inside the characters.

  Programming to simplify, dont look for hard way