Re: Enforcing Data Format

[Baron Schwartz]

Hi,

Tim Milstead wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to enforce data formatting in fields using something like 
> a regular expression?
> varchar is great but does not stop someone putting in the wrong 
> reference number.
> I suspect the answer is no, you have to do it at a higher level. What 
> aprroach would people suggest?
> Perhaps another table with two fields - field_name and field_regex?
> 

If you are using 5.x or greater, you can do some kinds of data validation with a trigger.

Baron