I just found an issue with this regexp <cfif REFindnocase("([^a-zA-Z0-9_]#badword#[^a-zA-Z0-9_])",clean_skills)>
this works great if it is not the first word or only word in the string. what do I need to do to update the regexp to pick up the bad word it is the first last or only word in the string also. Thank you again for all of your help. Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314686 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4