> I gues it should be > /^[\sa-zA-Z]+$/ > or is this not stringent enough? Sorry that's what I meant... actually we were wondering why it couldn't just be \w+ since it is already split by semicolumns with/without space... Elia ******************************** * http://www.fugu-sg.org/~elia * * tel: +65 6874 1467 * * mobile: +65 9030 7613 * * fax: +65 6779 1117 * ********************************