I think I got it (the 4th character is always a letter): EXPRESSION /^[0-9]{0,3}[1-9]{1,3}[0-9]{0,3}[A-Z]/ Berend On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:37:15 +0200, Berend Veldkamp <berend.veldkamp at ARIS.NL> wrote: >I thought of that, but it would not catch "012" or "990". I want only >those records that don't start with exactly 3 zeroes. > >Berend > >