function isEmpty(str){
	return (str == null) || (str.length == 0);
}
// returns true if the string is a valid email
function isEmail(str){
	if(isEmpty(str)) return false;
	var re = /^[^\s()<>@,;:\/]+@\w[\w\.-]+\.[a-z]{2,}$/i
	return re.test(str);
}
// returns true if the string only contains characters A-Z or a-z
function isAlpha(str){
	var re = /[^a-zA-Z]/g
	if (re.test(str)) return false;
	return true;
}
// returns true if the string only contains characters 0-9
function isNumeric(str){
	var re = /[^0-9\.,]/g
	if (re.test(str)) return false;
	return true;
}
// returns true if the string only contains characters A-Z, a-z or 0-9
function isAlphaNumeric(str){
	var re = /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g
	if (re.test(str)) return false;
	return true;
}
// returns true if the string's length equals "len"
function isLength(str, len){
	return str.length == len;
}
// returns true if the string's length is between "min" and "max"
function isLengthBetween(str, min, max){
	return (str.length >= min)&&(str.length <= max);
}
// returns true if the string is a US phone number formatted as...
// (000)000-0000, (000) 000-0000, 000-000-0000, 000.000.0000, 000 000 0000, 0000000000
function isPhoneNumber(str){
	var re = /^\(?[2-9]\d{2}[\)\.-]?\s?\d{3}[\s\.-]?\d{4}$/
	return re.test(str);
}
// returns true if the string is a valid date formatted as...
// mm dd yyyy, mm/dd/yyyy, mm.dd.yyyy, mm-dd-yyyy
function isDate(str){
	var re = /^(\d{1,2})[\s\.\/-](\d{1,2})[\s\.\/-](\d{4})$/
	if (!re.test(str)) return false;
	var result = str.match(re);
	var m = parseInt(result[1]);
	var d = parseInt(result[2]);
	var y = parseInt(result[3]);
	if(m < 1 || m > 12 || y < 1900 || y > 2100) return false;
	if(m == 2){
		var days = ((y % 4) == 0) ? 29 : 28;
	}else if(m == 4 || m == 6 || m == 9 || m == 11){
		var days = 30;
	}else{
		var days = 31;
	}
	return (d >= 1 && d <= days);
}
// returns true if "str1" is the same as the "str2"
function isMatch(str1, str2){
	return str1 == str2;
}
// returns true if the string contains only whitespace
// cannot check a password type input for whitespace
function isWhitespace(str){ // NOT USED IN FORM VALIDATION
	var re = /[\S]/g
	if (re.test(str)) return false;
	return true;
}
// removes any whitespace from the string and returns the result
// the value of "replacement" will be used to replace the whitespace (optional)
function stripWhitespace(str, replacement){// NOT USED IN FORM VALIDATION
	if (replacement == null) replacement = '';
	var result = str;
	var re = /\s/g
	if(str.search(re) != -1){
		result = str.replace(re, replacement);
	}
	return result;
}

function trim(str){
	 str = str.replace(/^\s*|\s*$/g,"");
	 return str;
}


function replaceAll (s, fromStr, toStr)
{
	var new_s = s;
	for (i = 0; i < 100 && new_s.indexOf (fromStr) != -1; i++)
	{
		new_s = new_s.replace (fromStr, toStr);
	}
	return new_s;
}

/****************************************************************/

/* PURPOSE:  Since we are using the single tick mark as the
	string delimiter to construct our SQL queries, a string with
	a tick mark in it will cause a SQL error.  Therefore we replace
	all "'" with "''", which eliminates the possibility of a SQL error.
*/

function sqlSafe (s)
{
	var new_s = s;
	new_s = replaceAll (new_s, "'", "|");
	new_s = replaceAll (new_s, "|", "''");
	new_s = replaceAll (new_s, "\"", "|");
	new_s = replaceAll (new_s, "|", "''");
	return new_s;
}

/****************************************************************/

function makeSafe (i)
{
	i.value = sqlSafe (i.value);
}



/****************************************************************/

/* PURPOSE:  Returns true if the string is a valid date number.
	A method is passed in (1 = month, 2 = day).  If the string is
	nonnumeric, false is passed back.  If the day in the date string
	is greater than 31, false is returned.  If the month is greater
	than 12, an error is returned.
*/

function isDateNumber(strNum,method)
{
	var str = new String(strNum);
	var i = 0;

	if (isNaN(parseInt(str)) || parseInt(str) < 0) return false;

	if (method == 2)
		if (parseInt(str) > 31)
			return false;
	if (method == 1)
		if (parseInt(str) > 12)
			return false;

	for (i = 0; i < str.length; i++)
		if (str.charAt(i) < '0' || str.charAt(i) > '9')
			return false;


	return true;
}