I use SharePoint 2010 Server Enterprise. I don't want user to use special character in column Title. I want to use FIND function in formula of column validation. I found a formula in internet:
=AND(IF(ISERROR(FIND(",",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("&",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("!",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("@",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("~",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("#",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("$",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("%",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("^",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("*",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("(",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND(")",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("-",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("=",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("+",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND(":",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND(";",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("<",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND(">",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("?",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("'",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("{",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("}",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("[",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("]",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND(".",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("/",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("\",Title)),TRUE),IF(ISERROR(FIND("""",Title)),TRUE))
But it doesn't work at me. I get error "the formular contains a syntax error or is not supported". What is the syntax error here? I have also try a simple formular, it seems FIND doesn't work at all. Has somebody idea?