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Wed 22 Feb 2012, 14:02 Delegate Katrina said...

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Validation Rule

In Validation Rule, what would I write to restrict the text length to 8?

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Fri 24 Feb 2012, 09:37 Trainer Anthony said...

RE: Validation Rule

Hi Katrina, thanks for your query. In the validation rule for the field in table design view put:

Like "????????"

...(where "?" represents 1 character) to force enter of exactly 8 characters. If you want a maximum of 8, just set the text length of the field to 8.

Hope this helps,

Anthony

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