I have a table in which one field badly needs separating into two. Currently, it is laid out as a mixed case text string followed by an upper case text string, e.g. O little town of Bethlehem FOREST GREEN.
I need to move the upper case string (FOREST GREEN) to a new field (and then trim the original field accordingly). Since there is no delimiter between the two parts of the field, I have no idea how to proceed. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
Hi Everybody,
I have an access database and in a certain table I have a string field which has two values. I want to make a query that will show all the fields which contain a substring.
I'd better give an example:
Table: Kid
Fields:
Name: Ben
Activities: Soccer, Tennis
Name: Dan
Activities: Soccer
Name: John
Activities: Football, Origami
.
.
.
I want to show in a query all the Names which have a "Soccer" substring in their Activities string field
Need your help ASAP !!!
I've walked through this in debug over and over and I just don't get why I keep getting "substring out of range" error at the statement
If (CCur(Fields(28))<>0) Then
I've attached the bmp to show the code (hopefully I uploaded it correctly)
I'm a rank beginner in Access, and apologize in advance for such an elementary question, but I need the basic syntax to run a Delete Query on the substring of the first character in a field. The question is #8 in Shelly Cashman's Office 2003 Course One p.AC168, Delete all records where Description starts with S.
p.AC137 deals with Delete Query, but only covers deletions based on whole fields. I tried 'Help', but ended up at a Microsoft site offering me a 30MB file on SQL. I may well get deeper into Access after a more advanced course, but this one is for beginners.
TIA for any help with this.
~~~Peter.
PS I thought I created a profile with an alias, but I seem to have ended up with pvmoor@verizon. instead. Oh, well.
I use this SQL in another query platform, but how can I do it in an access query object?
SUBSTRING (AL1.TRAIN_ID FROM 1 FOR 3)
Which cuts my 7 length string down to 3 char.
How I can retrieve the following information from a field
[CONTENTS]
1 x 17.7ml
2 x 17ml
1 x 181.1ml
I need
17.7
17
181.1
I was using a combination of CAST(LEFT(RIGHT...)) AS Float
but that obviously won't work due to too many variations...
I'm using Access 2010. I'm passing a string into the OpenArgs of my report - works fine. In the report there are 3 rich text fields which may contain the text I passed in, and if so I want to change the color of that text to red so it stands out.
The value passed to the report changes so I'll need to use VBA in the detail's format section to check each of the 3 rich text fields.
I need to identify and parse (substring) a number of digits from a barcode. The barcode digit count will vary, based on the number of details included in the barcode.
For example: the barcode for GS1 DataBar begins with a 4 digit code of 8110 identifying the code as GS1. The 5th digit then identifies the number of digits directly following which constitute the manufacturers code, which can range anywhere from 6 digits to 12 digits. I need to pull the number of digits out of the barcode based on the value of the 5th digit placeholder and pull only that many digits from the string and replace them into another field. There are potentially 70 total digits in the barcode. I have only provided the first section, which I am asking the question on.
Simply put: I need to tell the substring to identify the number to parse from digit 5, (which will have a min of 6 digits and a max of 12)
How do I pull the information out of a string to create a substring in another field by first defining the number of digits to pull out (Digits 6 to 17 min of 6 digits and a max of 12 digits) based on a value within the string (digit 5= value)
So if Digit 5 is 6 the returned value would be: Digits: 6 7 8 9 10 11 (6 6 6 6 6 6 )
If Digit 6 is 9 the returned value would be: Digits: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 (9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9)
The first portion of the barcode is below: There are other pieces necessary to be pulled the same way, but from other sections, and based on yet another X desinator field (the next with a min of 1 and max of 5) I assume the pull would be similarly completed.
I don't know how to write code, I have used formulas but not this detailed or specific.
Ex: I know = Min (barcode, 5, 6) would pull the 6 digits after the 5 spot, but how do I vary the 6 (count) number in the formula?
Example below: No additional spaces, dashes, letters etc. (A's = 1-4, X = 5, M's = 6-17)
A A A A X M M M M M M M M M M M M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Currently I have a remark field and want to just extract the amount. The data input is not in a structured manner therefore I could not use the mid function.
Example :
Remark
CASH PURCHASE $50K.DEBIT 3007484701
SUB $20,000 FIRST STATE DIVIDEND
AMT:$10,900(FS BRIDGE FD)NO DISC
Hi,
I am currently working on a report that i need to extract part of the data from the memoranda field. i have a problem to extract the details that i need.
Example as follow :
Field Name = Memo
Details in Field = ?********~SPGEO1398789159173897 *********?
what i have to do is to extract the data starting from "SPGEO1398789159173897". Also the length of the number can be varied.
i have tried to use the instr, Trim, LTrim but still couldn't get what i wanted.
Can someone here please give me a hand on this
Much appreciate for your help
Ronny
Hi, Everyone,
I have an excel column that has building location and building name in one column, example 1245 Accounting, how can I copy the 1245 into it's own column, please help, i can do it either in access or excel. Please.
I have a very simple question that I have not find the result or maybe I do not know what to look for!
I have a query containing a field named year and one named sales, what I need is to have a single result of total sales per year. example
year sales
2005 100
2005 100
2006 80
2006 70
2006 60
The result I would like to put then in a form is:
total 2005 200
total 2006 210
All this by simply running a query without indicating any parameters.
Thanks
M
OK, so i have finally got round to re-building my client's database as suggested several times by RV.
I have three main tables that I need to extract data from - tblMembers, tblModules, tblCompleteModules.
Basically its a database containing the training details of Scout Association leaders. Each Leader needs to complete 26 modules over a period of time.
tblCompleteModules contains the data for the modules that have been completed, MemberID, ModuleID Date Completed and CompletedID.
I know how I can extraxt the modules that members have completed, but how can i extract the data for the modules that have not been completed. For example I need to report on the number of people who haven't completed module number 20 for example.
Any ideas?
Hi,
If I have a date that is formatted like this 01/01/2006, however do I write a query that shows the date as follows Jan 2006.
Thanks
Regards
i have some problem regarding this.--
I hve two table- 1.Ordbook
2.Ownmas
in Table Ordbook there is two field ORD_NO and Location
in Table Ownmas There is also Two field Ord_no and Sch_val;
but i enter the order no in table Ordbook normally.
suppose 7825,5855
but i enter the order no in table Ownmas as 7825/5855
so when im going to join these two tables by linking ORD_No and Ord_no. i find there is no match. bt my requirement is to match these fields by ANY no and want to retrieve the sch_val from Ownmas .
Hi,
I have a table which gets data from an external text file. I imported this into an Access table (version 2003).
I have a field (PersonName) in the table (Employee_Credits) which has data in the following format.
FirstName LastName (EmployeeID)
It is always in the same format. Using an SQL Query in MS Access, how can I extract the contents within the parenthesis and insert into a column titled “EmployeeID”
Any ideas?
Thanks.
I have a word doc from which I want to import data in a Database.
The word doc has a table, something like this :
Projectnumber 10700004
LSname LSTK number one
POnumber 1170-LST-04
Contactname Mr. Karel van Straten
Vendorname Mothercompany name S.A.
Manufacturer Operating Company name
Otherdata Others
Mancity 46100 Hamburg
Mancountry Germany
Manorder 31-0111-009
Mancontact Mrs. Angela Duval
Mantel 0049 2323 209 151
Manmail email@testing.de
At this stage I copy the table data and paste it into a memo field in a Dbase Query and try to manipulate the text in that query to get some of the data segregated , i.e Projectnumber : 10700004 , Mancountry : Germany , etc.
However, this doesn’t work as I want.
e.g. I’m trying to get the Manmail text thru this qry :
Manmail: Mid([Memofield],Len([Memofield])-InStr([Memofield]," ")) , but the output is not consistent.
Would there be a better way to get the original ( doc-table) data in the same way in my database.
Note :
I could use an additional step : copy/paste to Excel and then import to Access, but that’s something I would like to avoid.
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Cheers, Ron
I think I am on the right track, but I am stuck with importing the date from my excel filename. Currently the following code imports all Excel files from the directory into a table in my database. The excel files are saved like "ABC_BNG_GTR_04012008.XLS" The numbers represent the date. I need for the date to be extracted and place in table into the "callDate" field. When I run my code, I continue to get a runtime error 13 - type mismatch. The code stops at the Mid() statement. What am I doing incorrectly? Thanks in advance.
Option Compare Database
Private Sub btnImport_Click()
Dim strFile As String 'Filename
Dim strFileList() As String 'File Array
Dim intFile As Integer 'File Number
Dim filename As String
Dim path As String
Dim TheDate As Date
DoCmd.SetWarnings False
path = "C:UsersChinaboyDesktopData"
'Loop through the folder & build file list
strFile = Dir(path & "*.xls")
While strFile <> ""
'add files to the list
intFile = intFile + 1
ReDim Preserve strFileList(1 To intFile)
strFileList(intFile) = strFile
strFile = Dir()
Wend
'see if any files were found
If intFile = 0 Then
MsgBox "No files found"
Exit Sub
End If
'cycle through the list of files
For intFile = 1 To UBound(strFileList)
filename = path & strFileList(intFile)
DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acImport, acSpreadsheetTypeExcel8, "sheet2", filename, False
'Inserts date in date column based on file name
TheDate = Mid(strFile, 12, 8)
CurrentDb.Execute "UPDATE sheet2 SET callDate =" & "'" & TheDate & "' where callDate is null"
Next intFile
DoCmd.SetWarnings True
End Sub
I am trying to extract data from one field and then put it into another field. I have 2 fields, Code_A and Code_B. I am trying to take the Code * data from Code_A and put it in Code_B. Any help is appreciated.
Code_ACode_B
AlphaCode 3
Code 3
AlphaCode 3
Code 2
DeltaCode 3
Code 3Unknown
CharlieCode 3
Code 3
I have read some tutorials online on how to split data into multiple fields.
http://www.databasedev.co.uk/splitting_fields.html
While this is the gist of what I need - it is much more complex.
I am dealing with adresses.
This inherited database has 2 fields - ZIP, and ADDRESS. I need to extract the data within the ADDRESS field to populate other more detailed named fields.
I would like to ultimately have my fileds to be: STREETNUM, STPREDIR, STREETNAME, STREETSUFX, SUD, SNUM.
Example: (Current ADDRESS data)
512 N Manchester Dr Ste 201
(extract ADDRESS and import into)
STREETNUM = 512
STPREDIR = N
STREETNAME = Manchester
STREETSUFX = Dr
SUD = Ste
SNUM = 201
--
Now I have tried several queries to extract the first bit of data 'STREETNUM', using the example on the link I posted above. INSTR, RIGHT, MID, LEFT.
Problem is there are also P.O. Boxes formatted like: PO BOX 1234, so my STREETNUM column includes the PO, when it should include the 1234.
PO Box 1234 should translate to:
STREETNUM = 1234
STREETNAME = PO BOX
All the rest of the fields aren't needed.
As you can see, I'm in OVER my head.
I would greatly appreciate any assistance or direction in accomplishing this task.
I am not a beginner with Access, but I am far from being an expert. A breakdown of some complicated tasks may be necessary... :-)
Thanks in advanced.
I have an expression below that I am trying to use to extract text from within parentheses in a field, but it is leaving the last ")" on the extracted text. Can anyone help me determine what I need to do to just return the text? Thanks.
The length of the field is 100.
Mid([SIDE_DRUG_DESC],InStr(1,[SIDE_DRUG_DESC],"(",1)+1,Len([SIDE_DRUG_DESC])-(InStr(1,[SIDE_DRUG_DESC],"(",1)+1))
Hi - I need to extract the month from a date via an SQL pass through query. e.g. if the date reads 19/02/2008, I need to have returned to me 'FEB', so that I can link the month (string) to another table.
I have though about "decoding" the date - I've seen that practice used in other scenarios, but never on a date format. Any suggestions?
Thanks
I have a timestamp field in a database and only want to display the Date. In the query I placed this: Date Received: Format([RItemTimeStamp],"Short Date")
Works fine however if I try to run a query to serach for a date range it doesn't give me all the days. Is there a better way how to truncate the Date of a timestamp so that I can sort it correctly?
I have the following SQL definition:
SELECT DISTINCT tblFile_Management_Received.Claim_Number, tblFile_Management_Received.Date_Checked_In, tblFile_Management_Received.Checked_In_By, tblFile_Management_Received.Copy_or_Original
FROM tblFile_Management_Received;
The results would show as:
ClaimNumber Date Checked In Checked In By Original or Copy
111111111 2/16/2005 8:34:24 AM XXXX Yes
111111111 2/16/2005 1:23:19 PM XXXX Yes
222222222 2/16/2005 8:34:52 AM XXXX Yes
222222222 2/16/2005 1:24:49 PM XXXX Yes
I am trying to use "Distinct" to show the following records when the query is ran (the desired results would be each unique claim number based on the earliest check in date):
ClaimNumber Date Checked In Checked In By Original or Copy
111111111 2/16/2005 8:34:24 AM XXXX Yes
222222222 2/16/2005 8:34:52 AM XXXX Yes
Can anyone help me with this??
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Hello,
I have a table with a field named SSN. This field contains data with the following format:
123-45-6789L
As you can see my field has a text format and I need to create a make table query that will extract all the character that are places in position 12 and 13 (simply the letters after the ssn).
I have tried with Mid([SSN],12,13) but nothing happens.
Any help? Thanks.
I have a dbase with payroll data for a 31 day period. Each day (1 to 31) is a field in a record and is named as Day1, Day2, Day3 and so on. I have designed a Query that presents each days data, and sums on a MTD basis. I am forced to design my records using this format as I am importing data from a separate system that cannot be reformatted.
I'd like to be able to:
Choose a day and report the data and it's MTD value.For example, I choose to report payroll for Day8. I need a report to display the current day's data (Day8), and the MTD results (sum Day1 through Day8).Can this work without creating 31 separate reports?