Re: Validate client name

%scan will do the thing you have to scan one character by character. Put
the name to an array (1 char array and no of elements should be equal to
total length of the name field)


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From: David FOXWELL David
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Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:35:56
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System irpg400-
l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>Subject: RE: Validate client name

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[rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Chamara

Do not accept special characters such as .,@!/:;"+-_?

Etc...
How do you do the checking?

I've been asked by the user to eliminate similar characters. However, I
suspect that his list of characters is not exhaustif. I would put these
characters in a string, then use %XLATE to see if the name entered
contained one of these characters.Although I think we've now limited our users

AtoZ plus spaces in between, so maybe it'd be easier to control what can be
used instead of what can't. But then %XLATE wouldn't work, would it?
Anyway of indicating which character is the one that can't be used?

Check for special names such as tintin,

No can do. That would discriminate against Mr Tintin.