Re: Exclude characters

From Hal Wigoda: * * > * > This only works if you put a "|" or "-" as the first character, assuming * > the field is more than one character long. * > * * Can you clarify your remark, please? Sorry to be unclear. (-: What I meant was, If the field you want to input into is more than one character long, and the data you put into this field does not begin with a "|" or "-", but has either one of them within the field, it accepts it. However, if the data begins with a "|" or "-", then the INCLUDE statement catches it and Informix returns with: This value is not among the valid possibilities. Robert Minter |Data Systems Support| \\\\\\_/// Programmer, Software Development | Orange, CA | ( _ _ ) internet: rob@dssmktg.com | Tel: 714.771.0454 | (| ^ |) bangpath: uunet.uu.net!dssmktg!rob| Fax: 714.771.3028 | \\`-'/ I used to not know, now I know I don't know. \\_/