Unable to use data validator for User property password

User Service
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Is it possible to use data validator’s for the “password” property in the User table?

I want to enforce a minimum length of 6 characters so I tried .{6,} and [A-Za-z0-9]{6,} but I was able to successfully register both times with passwords less than 6 characters. However, if I set it to something more simple like \d\d\d I would get the error “Validation for the password property failed. Property value does not match the required pattern.” even with the passwords 11 and 111.

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Hi Simon,

We will investigate and report back.

Regards,
Mark

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Hi Simon,
This issue is implemented in the new version of bakendless. Could you try it again?
Regards,
Alex

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That worked. Thanks!

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I tried to enter {6,} into the validator field on the password column in the schema editor on the user table and it gave me an error “RegExp is invalid”. How can I make this work?

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Hi @Jacki_Saorsail

The error “RegExp is invalid” usually happens if the regex pattern is not recognized by the validator. Backendless currently supports a subset of JavaScript regex syntax—sometimes non-alphanumeric or more complex patterns might be rejected.

For your use case of a minimum password length of 6 characters, the pattern should be:

.{6,}

Double-check that there are no spaces or additional characters. Just enter the pattern above directly.

Regards,
Vlad