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Constraint - check integer string

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#1: Oct 7 '08
hi,

i have a field named 'nim', in my table which is a char(10) field.

i want to create a constraint that checks the field so the field must be 10 characters long and each character is a number.

i can only think of nim like '[0-9][0-9][0-9] .... [0-9]' . i can't use isnumeric() because it may still accept dot character right? anyway i've tried to use the isnumeric function but i get this " error Incorrect syntax near ')' ".

i don't know what's wrong with this line
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  1. CONSTRAINT checkNIM CHECK ( len(nim)=10 and isnumeric(nim) )

thank you very much.

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#2: Oct 7 '08

re: Constraint - check integer string


IsNumeric() is a function.

Try

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  1. isnumeric(nim) = 1
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