I think that regex is a bit off. It says that the string can't start
with a digit OR a *. If the string can start with ANYTHING but a digit
you can use:

[^0-9].*

If it MUST start with an alphabetic character, you can use:

[a-zA-Z].*

Check out the following link for more on regular  expressions:
www.4guysfromrolla.com/.../...larExpressions.shtml