[ic] checking 2 email addresses with mv_order_profile

[Dave Barr]

IC 4.6.1, Debian 2.2.17, Perl 5.005-03

Hi all (and Happy Boxing Day),

Slightly perplexed here trying to get an mv_order_profile to work. 
I've read through the dox and scoured extensively through the mailist 
but cannot find any real help there.

I've added a routine to allow users to eMail a friend about a product 
(along the same lines as the stock-alert) but what I am trying to 
achieve is to get the profile to check TWO EMAIL addresses... 
Checking one is easy, but the second is ignored if used in the 
standard way ie:

[snip etc/order.profile]
__NAME__                            email_friend
your_name=required
your_email=required
friend_name=required
friend_email=required
&fatal = yes
your_email=email
friend_email=email
__END__
[/snip]

Will not work, the second email check is ignored... not surprisingly either :)
However a construct like:

[snip etc/order.profile]
__NAME__                            email_friend
your_name=required
your_email=required
friend_name=required
friend_email=required
&fatal = yes
[if type=value term=friend_email op="!~" 
compare="/\w+@[-A-Za-z0-9.]+\.[A-Za-z]+/"]
friend_email=required not an email address
[/if]
your_email=email
__END__
[/snip]

(THE ABOVE MAY BE WORD WRAPPED!.. sorry)

I thought "should work" as a bit of a cludge, it however does not... 
it will ensure that something is there but will not do the compare 
(ie a bad address structure is not stopped).

Also, setting:
friend_email=required not an email address
to:
friend_email=email not an email address

Will work, but then negates "your_email=email"... aaagghhhh

I believe I do not quite understand the structure of how the checks 
are done, is that obvious or what?  :)

Am I "as always" missing something really obvious here, I've moved 
the structure around as in placing "&fatal = yes" at the top, in the 
middle, at the bottom and placing my compare before "&fatal = yes" 
and after... but all to no avail.

The other fields work as planned, can anyone help to shed some light on this?

With regards,
Dave