P.O. Box Validation -- Hans?...Steve(Guru)?

[Simple Simon]

Hi,
I need some help getting this P.O. Box regular expression to work, or
a new expression entirely. I got this one from a Google Groups
search. It seems to work at: http://regexlib.com/ but not at runtime.

I need to check if a P.O. Box exists in an address text box...UPS
won't ship some items to a P.O. Box.

ValidationExpression="(?i)^((?<!P\.?\s?O\.?\sBox). )+(?<!P\.?\s?O\.?\sBox)$"

Please help?

TIA,
~Gordon

[Brian W]

Actually, I think you will find that UPS won't ship _ANYTHING_ to a P.O. Box

Keep in mind also, as you suggest this is valid:

P O Box 123

but so are these:

P.O. Box 123
PO Box 123
P O Box 123
Box 123
#123

(I'm sure I missed some combinations)

You will have to check for each one as may vary from person to person.

In addition UPS may ship to:

132 Main Street
Box 123
Anytown, USA

as it may be a Mailbox Etc. (now UPS Store) store

Just some extra food for thought
Good luck
Brian W

"Simple Simon" <re***@newsgroup.only> wrote in message
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Hi,
I need some help getting this P.O. Box regular expression to work, or
a new expression entirely. I got this one from a Google Groups
search. It seems to work at: http://regexlib.com/ but not at runtime.

I need to check if a P.O. Box exists in an address text box...UPS
won't ship some items to a P.O. Box.

ValidationExpression="(?i)^((?<!P\.?\s?O\.?\sBox). )+(?<!P\.?\s?O\.?\sBox)$"
Please help?

TIA,
~Gordon

[Simple Simon]

Thanks for the cautions Brian, you got a regular expression for that?
:P

~Gordon

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003 14:56:48 -0800, "Brian W"
<brianw@gold_death_2_spam_rush.com> wrote:

Actually, I think you will find that UPS won't ship _ANYTHING_ to a P.O. Box

Keep in mind also, as you suggest this is valid:

P O Box 123

but so are these:

P.O. Box 123
PO Box 123
P O Box 123
Box 123
#123

(I'm sure I missed some combinations)

You will have to check for each one as may vary from person to person.

In addition UPS may ship to:

132 Main Street
Box 123
Anytown, USA

as it may be a Mailbox Etc. (now UPS Store) store

Just some extra food for thought
Good luck
Brian W

"Simple Simon" <re***@newsgroup.only> wrote in message
news:m5********************************@4ax.com.. .

Hi,
I need some help getting this P.O. Box regular expression to work, or
a new expression entirely. I got this one from a Google Groups
search. It seems to work at: http://regexlib.com/ but not at runtime.

I need to check if a P.O. Box exists in an address text box...UPS
won't ship some items to a P.O. Box.

ValidationExpression="(?i)^((?<!P\.?\s?O\.?\sBox) .)+(?<!P\.?\s?O\.?\sBox)$"

Please help?

TIA,
~Gordon