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  1. #1
    Megan is offline Novice
    Windows 7 Access 2010 (version 14.0)
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    Validation Rule

    I've entered a validation rule for a field "Email address"


    and i've put the validation rule as "contains “@”"
    which comes up all the time even when theres an @ sign in the field.
    how can i sort it out?

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    weekend00 is offline I may not be right
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    just put like "*?@?*"
    ? are to make sure there are something around the @.

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