Hi,

Try setting the Validation Rule property for the column to:

Like "[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]"

And so as to make it kinder to the user set the Validation Text
property to something like:

Please enter a 13-digit number.

Clifford Bass

"WolfDog" wrote:

Dorian,
What if I am not using forms and entering data directly to table (or
importing data to table?)