If you add the "-" and the only thing they have in the field is a hyphen, it's not a phone number.
Tracy -----Original Message----- From: MB Software Solutions, LLC Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:04 PM Tracy Pearson wrote: > I compare lengths to see if there were any digits > > len(chrtran(alltrim(field),"0123456789","")) <> len(alltrim(field)) I like this approach the best....will add the '-' to it in case they've stored that as well (and I think most have). That would exclude the ones with "1-800-555-1212 ext 123" though. I guess I could add a separate check for "ext" $ lower(phonenumber) and allow it if that's the case. Thanks, ProFox! -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/000b01ca2c03$40337a80$c09a6f...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
