Sorry, can't get this outta my head now. Too interesting a challenge. I believe this one will do it.
^(?=.*[A-Za-z])(?=.*[0-9])(?!.*[^A-Za-z0-9])(?!.*\s).{6,12}$ LOL, as was said originally, easier to break it up into two expressions than worry about creating a monstrous pattern (as shown above). Steve Brownlee http://www.fusioncube.net -----Original Message----- From: Bobby Hartsfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 4:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: RegEx help '11111a111111' fails 'aaaaa1aaaaaa' fails '11111a' fails 'aaaaa1' fails Actually... I guess everything I feed that one fails. Just go with Bens original solution. It made it MUCH easier. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:261932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4