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Regular expression to validate a firstname or a lastname

need to fix the regular expression for last name

<tr>
                                                      <td class="physicalLightBox" align="left">
                                                      <div class="label">
                                                            <img height="14" src="images/starsmallfull.gif" width="15" /> Last Name</div>
                                                      </td>
                                                      <td class="physicalLightBox" style="text-align: left;">
                                                       <asp:TextBox ID="txtLastName" MaxLength="50" runat="server" Width="155px" BorderStyle="Inset" BorderWidth="2px" BorderColor="DarkGray" />
<asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="RFVtxtLastName" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtLastName" ErrorMessage="<b>Required Field Missing.</b><br />Last Name is required." Font-Size="X-Small" SetFocusOnError="true" Display="None"></asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

<ajaxToolkit:ValidatorCalloutExtender runat="Server" ID="RFVtxtLastNameE" TargetControlID="RFVtxtLastName" HighlightCssClass="validatorCalloutHighlight" />

<ajaxToolkit:ValidatorCalloutExtender ID="ValidatorCalloutExtender16" runat="server"
TargetControlID="RFVtxtLastName">
</ajaxToolkit:ValidatorCalloutExtender>

<asp:RegularExpressionValidator ID="REVtxtLastName" runat="server" ControlToValidate="txtLastName" Font-Size="X-Small" SetFocusOnError="true" ValidationExpression="^[A-Z]{1}[a-zA-Z]{1,}$" ErrorMessage="<b>A valid Last Name name is required,</b><br />Please type between 2 to 75 letters<br />(avoid special characters and digits)" Display="None"></asp:RegularExpressionValidator>
<ajaxToolkit:ValidatorCalloutExtender runat="Server" ID="REVtxtLastNameE" TargetControlID="REVtxtLastName" HighlightCssClass="validatorCalloutHighlight" />

<ajaxToolkit:ValidatorCalloutExtender ID="ValidatorCalloutExtender18" runat="server"
TargetControlID="REVtxtLastName">
</ajaxToolkit:ValidatorCalloutExtender>
                                                  </td>
                                                </tr>

Kevin Cross

>>need to fix the regular expression for last name

What is it doing OR not doing?

mathieu_cupryk

ASKER

the message is coming up when I enter for example cupryk

Please type between 2 to 75 letters<br />(avoid special characters and digits)"
the above message.

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mathieu_cupryk

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i have aproblem with the postal codes
iam posting anew question.