Re: Checking for replication of characters in a field

Thanks for each of your inputs - all replies are valid.

1)    The reason for making it mandatory is because since they were not
entering anything, I need to force them to enter something.
2)    The system already date/time/user stamps so I may write a report to
show the users that are not doing there job.
3)    They could enter an invalid name, but the customer may refuse the
shipment (which costs the company more money) and I could         also write
a report on all returned shipments, link it back to the original order/order
taker, etc.
4)    Checking for more than 3 of the same contiguous characters (using the
token/array element) idea might work when they enter
"AAAAAAAA", "xxxxxxx" or "999999999", etc.

Thanks again...
Eric