RegularExpressionValidator

[ttrant88]

Hi,

I have a name field, which I like to validate, max 50 characters and since it's a name field, so stricly only alpha and space between words are allowed, but I have not so far find away for the space in between the words.

\w{0,50} is about the only thing I know, thanks in advanced for the help (I'm brand new to all these)

TT

 

[onpnt]

\s is the pattern for spaces

adding that to the pattern should work fine

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[ttrant88]

Hello, thanks for teh tip, I did add like you said but no luck, here is what I did \s\w{0,50}
I'm missing something?
TT

 

[onpnt]

this says you need a value with a space and then no more then 50 char's

try enclosing the \s in [ ] eg: [\s]

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[ttrant88]

No luck yet....[\s]\w{0,50}

 

[onpnt]

thinking about it further, you may not want to validate spaces at all. I would suggest getting rid of all the spaces in the value and then testing it. that would take out the occurance of a one word entry. (if that is valid)

although I tested [\s]+\w{0,50} on what I think it is you're trying to validate and it passed fine. maybe it was the alck of the +

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[GaryC123]

<%
sourcestring=&quot;Some text with spaces&quot;
Set regEx = New RegExp
regEx.Global = True
regEx.IgnoreCase = True
regEx.Pattern = &quot;^[a-zA-Z ]+$&quot;
retVal=regEx.Test(sourcestring)
%>

if retVal=true then it only contains letters and spaces, of course you may want to add in there apostrophes and dashes since they can be in someones name as well

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[ttrant88]

Hi

I tried again, as suggested but didn't work.
Actually what I was trying is just the size restriction, a user can key in anything in the text box, and as long as it's under 50 characters, there should be no prompt, may be there are other ways of doing this?

I know of w & W, but don't see any characters that would do both w & W
Thanks very much for the help
TT

 

[onpnt]

ttrant88

post a string that is something liek what is a valid entry. then one that is not.

can you also post your function for validating this. sounds like something else it a miss

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[GaryC123]

If thats all you want then...
<script language=javascript>
function checklen(){
if (document.myform.namebox.value.length>50){alert(&quot;Name must be less than 50 characters&quot}
return false;
}
</script>
<form name=myform action=&quot;somepage.asp&quot; onSubmit=&quot;return checklen()&quot;>
<input type=text name=namebox>
<input type=submit>
</form>

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[ttrant88]

Thanks Gary...it turns out all I need to do was to use maximum length of the text box! but thanks very much for the help

Tam