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Old March 17th, 2010, 03:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Ken Hudson
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Default Field Validation Rule to Exclude Ampersand

I am trying to create a validation rule for a table field that will prevent
the use of the ampersand character (&).
InStr(1,[strClientName],"&",1)0
does not work.
What is the correct syntax?

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Ken Hudson
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Old March 17th, 2010, 03:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Ken Snell
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Default Field Validation Rule to Exclude Ampersand

Try

Not Like "*&*"

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"Ken Hudson" wrote in message
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I am trying to create a validation rule for a table field that will prevent
the use of the ampersand character (&).
InStr(1,[strClientName],"&",1)0
does not work.
What is the correct syntax?

--
Ken Hudson



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Old March 17th, 2010, 04:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Ken Hudson
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Default Field Validation Rule to Exclude Ampersand

I found my problem.
InStr(1,[strClientName],"&",1)=0
is the correct syntax.

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Ken Hudson


"Ken Hudson" wrote:

I am trying to create a validation rule for a table field that will prevent
the use of the ampersand character (&).
InStr(1,[strClientName],"&",1)0
does not work.
What is the correct syntax?

--
Ken Hudson

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Old March 17th, 2010, 03:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Ken Hudson
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Default Field Validation Rule to Exclude Ampersand

Thanks Ken.
That works also.

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"Ken Snell" wrote:

Try

Not Like "*&*"

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Ken Snell
http://www.accessmvp.com/KDSnell/


"Ken Hudson" wrote in message
...
I am trying to create a validation rule for a table field that will prevent
the use of the ampersand character (&).
InStr(1,[strClientName],"&",1)0
does not work.
What is the correct syntax?

--
Ken Hudson



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