check constraint or rule for control characters

I'm trying to control the accidental entry of special characters (carriage
return) from getting into my data. I thought I could write a check
constraint like what follows
[name] <> '%' + char(13) + '%'
but this doesn't work. Tried several permutations but the carriage return
is always accepted when I enter the data through an access database table
view (control + enter).
If I can get the expression working I think the best way to implement would
be either a user defined datatype or a rule bound to the column.
Has anyone done this sort of thing, or know how?
Thanks
David LHow about
CharIndex(Char(13), [Name], 1) = 0
Or
[Name] Not Like '%' + Char(13) + '%'
Thomas
"DavinciCoder" <dal@.rlpi.com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to control the accidental entry of special characters (carriage
> return) from getting into my data. I thought I could write a check constr
aint
> like what follows
> [name] <> '%' + char(13) + '%'
> but this doesn't work. Tried several permutations but the carriage return
is
> always accepted when I enter the data through an access database table vie
w
> (control + enter).
> If I can get the expression working I think the best way to implement woul
d be
> either a user defined datatype or a rule bound to the column.
> Has anyone done this sort of thing, or know how?
> Thanks
>
> --
> David L
>|||Ok, the second works great thanks
"Thomas Coleman" <replyingroup@.anywhere.com> wrote in message
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> How about
> CharIndex(Char(13), [Name], 1) = 0
> Or
> [Name] Not Like '%' + Char(13) + '%'
>
> Thomas
>
> "DavinciCoder" <dal@.rlpi.com> wrote in message
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>|||David
You may want to check CHAR(10) as well.
"DavinciCoder" <dal@.rlpi.com> wrote in message
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> Ok, the second works great thanks
>
> "Thomas Coleman" <replyingroup@.anywhere.com> wrote in message
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>