Hello,

I have an existing asp.net page that asks for a customer's US phone number. Unfortunately, the field is set up to only accept entries in an unbroken number string, i.e.

6178899923

instead of

617-889-9923 or (617) 889-9923

How might I set up the field to accept phone numbers in one of these formats? I don't care as much how the number is stored in SQL, rather I want to make it easier for the customer. The unbroken string format is not familiar to a typical US user, and the form currently returns an error if dashes or brackets are used. For reference:

<code><tr>
                  <td width="110" class="content"> Phone
                  </td>
                  <td><input name="sphone" type="text" id="sphone" size="20" maxlength="15" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: lavender" value="<%=sphone%>" /></td>
                </tr></code>

Thank you very much.

There are a few ways to do this. You can use a RegularExpress or Custom validator. you could create 3 textboxes (area code) (Prefix) (number) and use javascript to set focus to the next textbox after they have entered it. The easiest way, what I would do, is just let them enter what ever they want. On submit of the form, loop through each character in the textbox and strip out anything that is not numeric.

Jim

Thank you for the ideas!

no problem.. good luck