Comments on: Validation Rule formulas: Part 1

By: Seth Klugman

Seth Klugman — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:50:40 +0000

this is a breeze, standard logic statements, boolean, excel-based statements.

however…what are the options to circumvent the character limits? I believe the validation rules fall under the standard 3900 character limit for formulas. Will I have to resort to Apex/application code for more complex functionality as far as populating fields?

By: Seth Klugman

Seth Klugman — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:02:01 +0000

In what language are these validation rules written?

I would like to start developing my own rules…

sklugman@phreesia.com

Thanks!

By: Vardan Petrosian

Vardan Petrosian — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:04:59 +0000

I would like to know if there is a formula for making sure that the data is selected from the dropdown list and not typed randomly.

Please reply onto my email address:

v_petrosian@hotmail.com

Vardan Petrosian

By: Brad Parks

Brad Parks — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:51:51 +0000

The following rule ensures that the country field is supplied as “US” for the United State, “Canada” for Canada, and anything else for any other country.

OR
(

OR(Country=”CAN”, Country=”CANADA”, Country=”CA”, Country=”CAD”, Country=”STATES”, Country=”The States”, Country = “States”, Country=”CDN”, Country = “USA”, Country=”UNITED”, Country=”UNITED STATES”, Country=”USA”, Country=”U.S.A.”, Country=”US A.”, Country=”U S A.”, Country=”U.S.A.”),

AND(LEN(Country)

By: Brad Parks

Brad Parks — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:50:02 +0000

The following “State” validation rule will ensure that if a user has selected a country of either “Canada” or “US”, and they supply a state/province, that it is a 2 letter code for the state/province.

IF(AND(LEN(State) > 0, OR(Country=”Canada”, Country=”US”)),

NOT(
AND(
LEN(State) = 2,
OR(
IF(AND(Country=”Canada”, CONTAINS(“AB:BC:MB:NB:NL:NT:NS:NU:ON:PC:QC:SK:YT”, State)), TRUE, FALSE),
IF(AND(Country=”US”, CONTAINS(“AL:AK:AZ:AR:CA:CO:CT:DE:DC:FL:GA:HI:ID:IL:IN:IA:KS:KY:LA:ME:MD:MA:MI:MN:MS:MO:MT:NE:NV:NH:NJ:NM:NY:NC:ND:OH:OK:OR:PA:RI:SC:SD:TN:TX:UT:VT:VA:WA:WV:WI:WY”, State)), TRUE, FALSE)
)
)
),

FALSE)