All > Interesting. I do not understand why mine fails with #1 and #3 yet > works fine with #6. My experience is with javascript really, not so > much with mySQL. Regex Coach (http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/) is a great tool for checking regex patterns, as is Expresso (http://www.ultrapico.com/Expresso.htm). Both are free. Cheers! -- Regards Chris Marsh