Help with Numeric question, character limit?

I am using build to create a survey to gather contact info, so its very
simple. Name, email, phone, etc. I used a Numeric field for the phone
number, and it seems that no matter what I do, the survey will not allow
you to enter a full 10 digit phone number. After entering the 9th
character, it will not allow me to enter any other characters. I've remove
the restraints, tried with both "integer" and "decimal" and nothing seems
to solve the issue. Is there a limit on the number of characters? Should
I use text instead? I really want to use the numeric value so that it will
bring up the "numbers only" keyboard on the tablet we are using to collect
information. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

You should use a text field instead. There is a 9 character limit on
numeric fields. This always comes up with phone number fields.
You can still use Validation so that your input is checked against certain
rules, and you can use a regular expression in your validate statement, so
that the user receives an error message if they fail to input a
satisfactory number.

☞§※☼:airplane::open_umbrella::slight_smile:
~Neil

··· On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Ed Perry wrote:

I am using build to create a survey to gather contact info, so its very
simple. Name, email, phone, etc. I used a Numeric field for the phone
number, and it seems that no matter what I do, the survey will not allow
you to enter a full 10 digit phone number. After entering the 9th
character, it will not allow me to enter any other characters. I've remove
the restraints, tried with both "integer" and "decimal" and nothing seems
to solve the issue. Is there a limit on the number of characters? Should
I use text instead? I really want to use the numeric value so that it will
bring up the "numbers only" keyboard on the tablet we are using to collect
information. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

Thanks, Neil!

··· On Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:49:45 PM UTC-5, Neil Hendrick wrote: > > You should use a text field instead. There is a 9 character limit on > numeric fields. This always comes up with phone number fields. > You can still use Validation so that your input is checked against certain > rules, and you can use a regular expression in your validate statement, so > that the user receives an error message if they fail to input a > satisfactory number. > > ☞§※☼✈☂☻ > ~Neil > > > > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Ed Perry <e...@texasteachers.org wrote: > >> I am using build to create a survey to gather contact info, so its very >> simple. Name, email, phone, etc. I used a Numeric field for the phone >> number, and it seems that no matter what I do, the survey will not allow >> you to enter a full 10 digit phone number. After entering the 9th >> character, it will not allow me to enter any other characters. I've remove >> the restraints, tried with both "integer" and "decimal" and nothing seems >> to solve the issue. Is there a limit on the number of characters? Should >> I use text instead? I really want to use the numeric value so that it will >> bring up the "numbers only" keyboard on the tablet we are using to collect >> information. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks. > > >

See: http://opendatakit.org/help/form-design/examples/String with numeric
keypad entryto get the keyboard to show as numeric. appearance="numbers"

Mitch

··· On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Neil Hendrick wrote:

You should use a text field instead. There is a 9 character limit on
numeric fields. This always comes up with phone number fields.
You can still use Validation so that your input is checked against certain
rules, and you can use a regular expression in your validate statement, so
that the user receives an error message if they fail to input a
satisfactory number.

☞§※☼:airplane::open_umbrella::slight_smile:
~Neil

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Ed Perry ed@texasteachers.org wrote:

I am using build to create a survey to gather contact info, so its very
simple. Name, email, phone, etc. I used a Numeric field for the phone
number, and it seems that no matter what I do, the survey will not allow
you to enter a full 10 digit phone number. After entering the 9th
character, it will not allow me to enter any other characters. I've remove
the restraints, tried with both "integer" and "decimal" and nothing seems
to solve the issue. Is there a limit on the number of characters? Should
I use text instead? I really want to use the numeric value so that it will
bring up the "numbers only" keyboard on the tablet we are using to collect
information. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

--
Mitch Sundt
Software Engineer
University of Washington
mitchellsundt@gmail.com