Character Field

[TheScarecrow]

I have a form and I want to make sure that the zipcode box has 5 characters in
it and if doesnt it props the user to reenter their zipcode. Can I check the
number of characters in the form field box.?? like character_length? Does
anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

<CFFORM name="countysearch" action="index.cfm?begin_key=1" method="post">
<table width="100%" border="0">
<tr>
<td width="48%" class="style8">Select your County</td>
<td width="52%" class="style8">Or Seach by Zipcode:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><select name="county">
<option value=" " selected="selected"></option>
<cfoutput query="getcounty">
<option value="#county#">#county#</option>
</cfoutput>
</select></td>
<td><cfinput type="Text" name="zipcode" required="No" size="10"
maxlength="5" validate="zipcode"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</CFFORM>

[zoeski80]

Hi Scarecrow

You could change the validate parameter to use validate="regular_expression"
and then have a Regular Expression that will check that the zip code is either
empty or has 5 characters.

<cfinput type="Text" name="zipcode" size="10" maxlength="5"
VALIDATE="REGULAR_EXPRESSION" PATTERN="">

HTH

Zoe