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    Address Field Validation

    I have a form where you enter street address into it. I am looking for a way where I can automatically validate the Address.

    For example
    instead of proper format
    1652 West 28th Street

    some people write it

    1652 w 28 st
    or
    1652 West 28 St
    or
    1652 W. 28 ST.
    or
    1652 w 28 street


    Is there anything I can do to prevent that, for example a user can write it however he wants but once he leaves that field it validates to the correct format?

    Matt

    #2
    Re: Address Field Validation

    Hi Matt,

    Will the address always be just 4 elements?
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      #3
      Re: Address Field Validation

      No I wish

      Our city is so crazy LOL

      We got 600 West Blue Heron Blvd

      we got 809 Old Dixie Highway

      we got 1620 Avenue H West (???)

      we got 1130 Avenue T and some people say 1130 T Avenue ???


      So I guess I need to look for validation of just

      BLVD
      ST
      AVE
      HWY
      WEST
      EAST
      CT

      instead of try to validate the entire field?

      Is this possible?

      MAtt

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        #4
        Re: Address Field Validation

        Matt,
        If I felt that this was something I needed to make sure of to reduce error then I would be looking for a directory of all the city's street names, place them into a table or text file, and either validate or build a progressive lookup against this table/file....or maybe have a browse of the table with a progressive lookup for the browse......And then make the user choose an entry only in this way.

        Just a thought or two.
        Mike
        __________________________________________
        It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
        It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
        Henry David Thoreau
        __________________________________________



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          #5
          Re: Address Field Validation

          Matt, it might help if you collect the information one piece at a time:

          Street Number - 1120
          Street Type - Ave
          Street Name - George Washington
          Street Direction - West

          1120 George Washington Ave, West

          You could use dropdowns for the Street Type and Street Direction. You could punctuate and capitalize the Street Name.

          -- tom

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            #6
            Re: Address Field Validation

            What Tom mentions will for sure help, but as even your examples demonstrate, users will still be able to create many variations that would be hard to "trap". If total accuracy was needed (well, close to at least) then an actual list to choose from would be needed as I stated.....all a matter really of how far you need to carry the validation.
            Mike
            __________________________________________
            It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
            It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
            Henry David Thoreau
            __________________________________________



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              #7
              Re: Address Field Validation

              Originally posted by rbpd5015 View Post
              I have a form where you enter street address into it. I am looking for a way where I can automatically validate the Address.

              For example
              instead of proper format
              1652 West 28th Street

              some people write it

              1652 w 28 st
              or
              1652 West 28 St
              or
              1652 W. 28 ST.
              or
              1652 w 28 street


              Is there anything I can do to prevent that, for example a user can write it however he wants but once he leaves that field it validates to the correct format?

              Matt
              Just for the record.... proper formats for street direction are N, E, S, W, NE, NW, SE or SW. And use appropriate post office abbreviation for street type. IE Street should be St.

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                #8
                Re: Address Field Validation

                I have a char field called "address" in that field you might enter "123 happy lane" but for some reason a user will hit num lock and NOT enter the number part and just the street. Some secretaries use the number pad to enter the street address but somehow click numlock and since they are such great typists they don't have to look at the screen they can just keep typing and save..... THEN complain to say the record didnt save right so what I want to do is have an alert that says "The address field does not appear to contain a number and or start with a number, are you sure the address is correct?"
                my question is thus, is there some sort of custom validation that can be done to determine if the field "contains" a number?

                I looked at some javascript code online elsewhere but not exactly sure how to implement it in AS I kinda want it to run in the validation rules. This is a grid but I would like to reuse this same code in a UX field as well
                NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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                  #9
                  Re: Address Field Validation

                  Charles, this is desktop version 8, What you want can be done though as far as determining if number exist in desktop field.
                  Dave Mason
                  [email protected]
                  Skype is dave.mason46

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                    #10
                    Re: Address Field Validation

                    yes i asked the question in another thread after i realized my mistake. sorry for the confusion
                    NWCOPRO: Nuisance Wildlife Control Software My Application: http://www.nwcopro.com "Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all...now what was I saying?"

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                      #11
                      Re: Address Field Validation

                      Can you not turn off numlocks at some point?
                      Dave Mason
                      [email protected]
                      Skype is dave.mason46

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                        #12
                        Re: Address Field Validation

                        Ira Perlow created a function Keyboardstate() that can be used to check the on/off state of CAPSLOCK, NUMLOCK and a few other keys. I included it & my UDF Caps_Off() to test with just these two keys that can be put it in the OnInit event for a form. The file can be imported into the control panel code tab.
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                        Robin

                        Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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