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I'm trying to validate the length of characters in a text box. Google seems
to turn up a few examples of using the regex validator with this expression:

^[\S\s]{1, 50}$

(one being minimum length, 50 being maximum).

However, on my page, no matter the length, this validator is always coming
up as invalid. Is the expression incorrect?

-Darrel

The ^ and $ shouldn't be used in a RegularExpressionValidator. The space
in the quantifier might be a problem also.

[\S\s]{1,50}

darrel wrote:
> I'm trying to validate the length of characters in a text box. Google seems
> to turn up a few examples of using the regex validator with this expression:
>
> ^[\S\s]{1, 50}$
>
> (one being minimum length, 50 being maximum).
>
> However, on my page, no matter the length, this validator is always coming
> up as invalid. Is the expression incorrect?
>
> -Darrel

ValidationExpression="[\S\s]{10,50}"



Can also be

ValidationExpression="[\w\s]{10,50}" - word or whitespace



The second is actually better, as it gets rid of garbage. Unlikely someone
can type the garbage in, however, so the risk is not high either way.


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"darrel" <> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to validate the length of characters in a text box. Google
> seems to turn up a few examples of using the regex validator with this
> expression:
>
> ^[\S\s]{1, 50}$
>
> (one being minimum length, 50 being maximum).
>
> However, on my page, no matter the length, this validator is always coming
> up as invalid. Is the expression incorrect?
>
> -Darrel
>