Azadi,
Figured that out while awaiting for the answer. Reached John and Tim Farrar
via IM who suggested testing with smaller case letters. Once we confirmed
that worked they gave me the update. I will do further testing but that
looks like it is a winner.
Thanks all,
Rick
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Azadi Saryev <az...@sabai-dee.com> wrote:
>
> PS: and Ben's needs to be adjusted to allow numbers:
> ^$|^[\w\d]{17}$
>
>
> Azadi Saryev
> Sabai-dee.com
> http://www.sabai-dee.com/
>
>
> On 10/06/2009 23:15, Rick Mason wrote:
> > Andy,
> >
> > I jumped the gun a little too quickly. Neither yours nor Ben's works.
> Your
> > code worked fine when I was just typing in numbers for a quick test.
> >
> > Once I started testing with actual VIN numbers it failed. It isn't
> counting
> > the letters in the total count. So 12345678901234567 succeeds but
> > 1M345678901234567 fails.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Andy Matthews <
> li...@commadelimited.com>wrote:
> >
> >> [ ]|[a-z0-9]{17}
> >>
> >> Should do it...
> >>
> >> That basically allows for a space, or for 17 alphanumeric characters.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Rick Mason [mailto:rhma...@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:50 AM
> >> To: cf-talk
> >> Subject: Simple regex question
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm in need of some regex help. I am working with a cfinput and I need
> a
> >> pattern for regex validation that does the following:
> >>
> >> Field can be blank but if filled out has to be exactly 17 characters
> which
> >> are a combination of letters and numbers (VIN number)
> >>
> >> Know this is simple but Google seems to be failing me this morning.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Rick
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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