July 27, 200520 yr I have a problem in getting validation separate letter+number "p1" and number only "1" as Unique value. If I define the (number) field as Unique value I get a message that the number is in use if I enter letter +existing numbervalue. If I define the (text) field as Unique value I have no problem entering Unique values ... but then when I use sort or find... Need to have numbers as sorting and text when entering. How do I do that. Or how do I calculate the Unique value upon entering data. Peter Norling Sweden Ps. The numbers entered are starting numbers for dragracing and Cars have number (1078) and Bikes have Letters + Numbers (Mc1078)
July 27, 200520 yr Hi, For number fields, the validation will ignore any non-numeric characters, so 1000 and MC1000 are the same. In text fields, all characters are evaluated, and 1000 and MC1000 will not be regarded as equal. So make your field a text field. For sorting, create another calculation field, result number GetAsNumber(UniqueField) and sort on that. Regards, Peter
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