RegEx for parsing peoples names?

From: Ben Fidge (ben.fidge_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:09:06 +0100

Hi

I'm trying (and failing) to create and regular expression for parsing
peoples names. I simply want to make sure that a firstname and surname, at
least, can be extracted.

For example, "Ben Fidge" would pass, however, "Ben", "Fidge", "Ben-Fidge"
and BenFidge" wouldn't.

I want to use a RegularExpressionValidator on an ASP.NET page to ensure that
people provide first and surnames in a single text box. Unfortunately, I
can't provide two text boxes for legacy reasons.

TIA

Ben

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