validation expression is this correct?

[Paul]

Hi I am using a validationexpression with a regular expression validator.
In the properties window for the expression I have
[\D(3)]|[-]|[\D(3)]|[-]|[\D(4)]|[-]|[\d(5)]|[-]|[\d(4)]
as I want the following format,
abc-efg-hijk-12345-6789
abc efg hijk all must be letters upper case, I also need to check for the
hyphens -,
the numbers 123456789 can be any digits.
Anyhow seems like it is not working correctly, thanks.
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Paul G
Software engineer.

[Paul]

Got this working now, using form like \D{3}-\D{3}
"Paul" wrote:

Hi I am using a validationexpression with a regular expression validator.
In the properties window for the expression I have
[\D(3)]|[-]|[\D(3)]|[-]|[\D(4)]|[-]|[\d(5)]|[-]|[\d(4)]
as I want the following format,
abc-efg-hijk-12345-6789
abc efg hijk all must be letters upper case, I also need to check for the
hyphens -,
the numbers 123456789 can be any digits.
Anyhow seems like it is not working correctly, thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.

[Karl Seguin]

I think this ought to work:
([A-Z]{3}\-){2}[A-Z]{4}\-\d{5}\-\d{4}

couple problems with your things, first off ( ) is for captures, whereas {}
is for counts...\D will do any non-dights, you only want uppercase letters

Karl

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"Paul" <Pa**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi I am using a validationexpression with a regular expression validator.
In the properties window for the expression I have
[\D(3)]|[-]|[\D(3)]|[-]|[\D(4)]|[-]|[\d(5)]|[-]|[\d(4)]
as I want the following format,
abc-efg-hijk-12345-6789
abc efg hijk all must be letters upper case, I also need to check for the
hyphens -,
the numbers 123456789 can be any digits.
Anyhow seems like it is not working correctly, thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.

[Paul]

ok thanks think that is what I was looking for.

"Karl Seguin" wrote:

I think this ought to work:
([A-Z]{3}\-){2}[A-Z]{4}\-\d{5}\-\d{4}

couple problems with your things, first off ( ) is for captures, whereas {}
is for counts...\D will do any non-dights, you only want uppercase letters

Karl

--
MY ASP.Net tutorials
http://www.openmymind.net/
"Paul" <Pa**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi I am using a validationexpression with a regular expression validator.
In the properties window for the expression I have
[\D(3)]|[-]|[\D(3)]|[-]|[\D(4)]|[-]|[\d(5)]|[-]|[\d(4)]
as I want the following format,
abc-efg-hijk-12345-6789
abc efg hijk all must be letters upper case, I also need to check for the
hyphens -,
the numbers 123456789 can be any digits.
Anyhow seems like it is not working correctly, thanks.
--
Paul G
Software engineer.