ktstem Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 I'm sure this is so simple, but I've never done it before! I want to find if a number field has more than 9 characters entered. Is it a find or do I have to set up a calc field? TIA, Kate : P.S. This question is for FM 6, I work in a school district where we are in the process of switching to 8! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdealData Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 If it is a FIND then your find request should be: >999999999 (that's 9 nines) If you are trying to limit the input to 9 numbers (or less) then make the field validate by calculation length(field) < 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Look up the Length function in your online Help, and also Boolean (True/ False) values. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktstem Posted May 3, 2006 Author Share Posted May 3, 2006 Thank you both, I don't want to limit how many characters can be entered, but I did use the length function to get the # of characters. Just used length(field). Now I can get a find off of that. How simple! Thanks again, Kate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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