Re: how to allow only alphabets in text item?
From: Connor McDonald <mcdonald.connor.cs_at_bhp.com.au>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:03:08 +0800
Message-ID: <36F0B33C.362F_at_bhp.com.au>
end loop;
end;
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:03:08 +0800
Message-ID: <36F0B33C.362F_at_bhp.com.au>
Brandon Lee wrote:
>
> hi anyone,
> how to allow only alphabets to be entered into text-item? Is there a
> format mask or you have to filter using trigger?
I don't know of a format mask as such...
you could always code:
declare
lower_limit number := ascii('A');
upper_limit number := ascii('Z');
begin
for i in 1 .. length(:item) loop
if upper(substr(:item,i,1)) not
between lower_limit and upper_limit then
raise_whatever_error_you_want;
end if;
end loop;
end;
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