You know...I tried using IsNumeric(Val(Form.Dollars)), but found it was identifying a field entry of "wlekfjwlek" as numeric...I assume it was assigning a value of "0" to the entry and that is numeric...
So that didn't weed out that kind of junk field entry in my validation (which is what I'm working on here... trying to validate an entry as a valid dollar entry. Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 7:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Ok, I give...how can I do this... > > > No. numeral 1, comma, zero zero zero is a text string. But if you want to > make it a numeric value you can use #val("1,000")# . The > val() function > attempts to make a number out of whatever is in the string > submitted to it. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > On 3/7/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Should a field entry of "1,000" validate > > as a numeric? > > > > e.g. IsNumeric(Form.Dollars) > > > > (Where Form.Dollars has a value of "1,000) > > > > Rick > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:234338 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
