>#[0-9a-zA-Z,\.]# > > > > You should escape out that period as it will match any character otherwise. > Thanks, > Ash > Ash, Thats not true. In character class only meta-characters are \ ^ - [ and ]. This is the rule of PCRE (see http://www.pcre.org/pcre.txt<http://www.pcre.org/pcre.txt#CHARACTERS%20AND%20METACHARACTERS>). I assume we are talking about pcre as everybody used delimiter here which is required in pcre. -- Shiplu.Mokadd.im ImgSign.com | A dynamic signature machine Innovation distinguishes between follower and leader