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learntsql

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Posted - 2010-05-15 : 02:21:20
Hi All,
How to create check constraint to restrict the user to enter first character from A-Z second from 0-9, third from A-Z?
TIA.

visakh16
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Posted - 2010-05-15 : 03:47:46
ALTER TABLE tablename ADD CONSTRAINT CHECK (column LIKE [A-Z][0-9][A-Z])

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learntsql

524 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-15 : 05:49:12
Hi Visakh,
I tried as
"ALTER TABLE CheckCon ADD CONSTRAINT CHECK (CName LIKE [A-Z][0-9][A-Z])"
I am getting error as
"Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'CHECK'."
Plz. look at it.
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visakh16
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Posted - 2010-05-16 : 08:15:50
[code]ALTER TABLE tablename ADD CONSTRAINT chk_column_name CHECK ([column_name] LIKE '[A-Z][0-9][A-Z]')[/code]

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learntsql

524 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-17 : 00:36:05
ThankQ.
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visakh16
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Posted - 2010-05-17 : 12:21:03
welcome

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