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Default mandatory field size within table

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Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:28:02 -0700, Robert
wrote:

it must be different in Access 2007, i have validation rule and validation
text, but no text length to be found in the expression builder.

"Earl Kiosterud" wrote:

Robert,

Data - Validation. Set Allow to "Text length" and go from there.

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"Robert" wrote in message
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Can I create a mandatory number of characters in a field when creating a table.
Table 1
Field1 date
Field2 Time
Field3 (12 digit number required by user) 123456789012

If the user does not enter a 12 digit number in field 3 they will receive an
error message and the record will not be created.