Access 2K Search

I have two ASP pages. One to make a booking and the other one to search for bookings in Access 2K db.

The booking number is text+numbers: BLAH1234. Here is the problem. The search does not work, no errors - it returns an empty page, with BLAH1234 (field is Text) but works with just 1234 (field is Number).

I need help to figure out how to be able to search for BLAH1234 . In other words how do I convert BLAH1234 into Test string or Number string? I am an amature so any critisism and pointers are welcome.