Hi all I markled this OT because it's not a Struts question strictly speaking.
what I'm trying to do is disallow names that contain spaces or special characters in the validate() method of my ActionForm Code: String pattern = "\\W+"; log.debug("Testing validity of name "+name+ " against "+pattern); if (name!=null){ if (name.matches(pattern)) { log.info("Naming Convention Violated"); e = new ActionError("error.create.portfolio.name.error"); errors.add("",new ActionError("error.create.portfolio.name.error")); }else{ log.debug("Valid name chosen"); } } What am I missing?!?!?! I always get "valid name chosen" Again, I want to allow "MyNAme" and disallow "My Name" or "MyName!" (due to spaces or special characters -- -Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED]