What about

lcValue = "A012 456"
? LEFT(lcValue,2) <> "A0" ;
		OR LEN(ALTRIM(lcValue)) <> 8 ;
		OR LEN(CHRTRAN(PADR(SUBSTR(lcValue,3),6), "1234567890", ""))> 0

>Hi everybody,
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>I have a character 8 field, which should always have 'A0' as two first letters and all other 6 letters must be digiits. I'm thinking, how should I implement such control...
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>Do you have ideas?
>
>Thanks in advance.