When you are collecting data, you need to consider what data to collect, why you are collecting the data, the method you are going to use on your forms as well as validating the data collected. Form validation ensures that forms are properly filled before submission. It is a laborious job to type, modify and update form validation scripts; therefore, the benefits of form validation cannot be over emphasized. To the users, this can be an annoyance but to developers, webmasters and DBA's, they are pure preventative medicine... Without form validation , the database would be storing empty fields or incorrect information collected through a form on a web page. This may cause many application errors. What are other benefits of validating your forms? How are forms validated? What are some form validation best practices? describe your answer.