In message <[log in to unmask]>, Robert Mills <[log in to unmask]> writes >I have a dataset that holds an X8 item. The item should only contain >spaces or a number but there are 4 entries that contain something else. >If have tried doing a FIND MATCH but have been unable to get it to work. >Any suggestions on the pattern to use? Try: NOT MATCHING "{b,d}{b,d}{b,d}{b,d}{b,d}{b,d}{b,d}{b,d}" i.e. it is not the case that every position is either a digit or a space. Possibly: NOT MATCHING "b*d*" will suffice, if the legitimate values in your field are either spaces, or numbers with leading spaces. -- Roy Brown 'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be Kelmscott Ltd useful, or believe to be beautiful' William Morris * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *