Re: Checking for replication of characters in a field

["Carel Teijgeler" <coteijgeler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Eric,

Make the field optional and do not require a mandatory entry. Testing for 
special characters is not an option; for example testing for a slash, while 
"n/a" may be a valid entry.

Just my thoughts.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler

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On 25-8-05 at 11:31 Eric A. Wolf wrote:

>I am trying to create a utility to prevent users from entering insignificant
>data in a field.  For example, if the user is required to enter a Contact
>Name (which cannot be verified against any table), I can check for blanks
>and issue an error.  However, if the enter a ".", "X" or all "*", an error
>will not be issue. Has anyone written something like this (or similar) to 
>handle this?
>
>I could write a routine to go through every character on the keyboard to
>test  IF fieldname = *all'x' but what about just checking for three AAA's or
>999 in a 20 character field?