On Thu, May 3, 2007 12:56, Tim Milstead wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to enforce data formatting in fields using something like > a regular expression? > varchar is great but does not stop someone putting in the wrong > reference number. > I suspect the answer is no, you have to do it at a higher level. What > aprroach would people suggest? > Perhaps another table with two fields - field_name and field_regex?
And, what would you have mysql do if a user failed to enter fx. valid date ? Maybe you'd be better off, handling input validation in the user-interface. -- Later Mogens Melander +45 40 85 71 38 +66 870 133 224 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
