OK, I think I tried what you suggested--here is exactly what I did: Added this to the page: <cfprocessingdirective pageencoding="utf-8">
Made the cfinput: <cfinput type="text" name="FName" required="yes" size="30" validate="regex" pattern="[:alpha:]" message="Please enter a valid First Name"> This now allows nearly anything in the field, including characters that are not valid in names, such as $ or slash. It also leaves out the {2,50} length spec. So it doesn't seem to do what I need. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352650 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm