Is there documentation/reading out there on how to query fields and take only a certain number of characters from said field?
We are setting up a user database on a 3rd party web application and they have a 15 character username limit so we want to pull the first 3 letters of a persons first name, middle initial, and first 4 letters of a persons last name to use as the username. We have an Access database will all of this information but I am not sure what the correct query is to complete this task.
I know how to Grab the Right and left Characters and grab the mid characters from a field value
ex: Right([fieldName],4)
My question is how to I grab characters based on a space Say for instance "Fred Smith" or a name field. There are going to be varing lengths of last names...but the format is the same...First Name, Space, Last Name....
QUESTIONS:
How do I search the string, count to the space, then take all characters after the Space?
One step further how would I grab the middle name in this example? "Fred M Smith"
I am sure there is an easier way fo doing this, but I am looking one at a time!!!
I want to know what is the Max and Min number of characters used in each field of my table.
I am using this code below, the max will be at the top and then scroll to the bottom to find the min, but as can be seen this is doing one field at a time and is very time consumining!
SELECT tbl05to06.Account, Len([Account]) AS MyAccount FROM tbl05to06 ORDER BY Len([Index Key]) DESC , Len([Centre]) DESC , Len([Account]) DESC;
What I have is two fields, one is a simple date and the other is slightly more complex as it holds a date but in a different structure (a dated case number).
The case numbers are for example, 150211551223 the date being the first 6 numbers and equaling to 11/02/2015. so the code will need to grab this data, spin it around and convert it.
The formula will then be:
simpledate - convertedcasenumberdate = days between.
(simpledate will always be the latest date of the two).
I have a field "DisplayURL" that contains values of various lengths. Some are only 12 or 13 characters long, but others are 50 characters long. I need to run an update query to "cut-off" all the characters past the 35 limit - so that all records in the field will be 35 characters or less.
I've searched this forum and online and there are similar posts but nothing quite like this, I thought it would be a trim function but I keep reading that it only removes spaces. Any ideas?
Any workaround so that I can place more characters than the 64 limited in a field header.
In essence, I need to export a text or CSV file from Access every day, and the row header for the first column (i.e, in cell A1 if opened in excel) needs to read:
Before I generate a particular report, the user must input a start and end date. If the user mouses to the generate report button, the query fails to grab the second date that was input. If the user tabs off of it, then it works just fine.
I think I could solve it by requerying the form before I generate the report, but that feels like a bulky work around. Is there a better way?
I'm new here and attempted to search on this topic, but didn't seem to find anything pertaining to my problem...
I'm attempting to export a table using TransferSpreadsheet to an Excel 8-9 file, but one of the fields in my records is over 255 characters long. Importing it into Access works fine, but after I export it to the Excel file, it truncates the field to 255 characters. Is there a way around this?
I have to import a field from Excell that contains more than 50 characters in the field.
I need the line to stop at the last complete word prior to 50 characters and start the next record in that field automaticly and continue to fill and wrap at the last complete word prior to 50 characters.
Would it be better to do this in another Office 2K program?
I have several thousand lines to type if this can't be automated. What a drag.
I have a table called tblSchemeCodes with the following field names:
Field Name Data Type Field Size Required Indexed
strCompany Text 1 Yes No strSchemeCode Text 3 Yes Yes(No Duplicates) strSchemeName Text 100 Yes No strOrigNo Text 9 Yes No strCategory Text 9 Yes No dtmDateAdded Date/Time No No
Here is an example of some of the scheme codes I have:
HG HGA HGB HGD HGF HGG HGJ HGP etc etc
however when I try to add HGE, it won't allow it, even though it doesn't exist within the table, it keeps changing it from HGE to HE, and HE already exists, so a can't add messgage pops up, which is should, because duplicates are not permiited.
I've tried turning off all of the required aspects and changed the "Yes (no Duplicates)" to "No", and the problem persists!!
Has anyone any idea why access would behave in this way and how I might resolve it.
I know this can be done, but I cannot remember how, hoping someone can save me some time:I have a field with values like this:5221231234I want to append zeros to the front of the field data using a query so the value in the field will always be five charactere long and will be padded withing eading zeros, like this:00005000220012301234Sorry for the easy question, will appreciate any help.Thanks!
I need to query a field for any records where this field has less that 10 characters. Any suggestions? The reason is depending on the type of customer the field can be 10 or 11 digits. IF there are less than 10 but not blank they need to be pulled for correction.
explain me the Query Expression to remove the first 7 characters in a column, to rum a Query.Eg - I have entry like - 4/8/11-Pipe...I need to return the result like "Pipe".How to build the query.
I have a text field on a form and I am trying to paste more than 50 characters (and space) into that field and I get the following message: "The text is too long to be edited.". Is ther a way to increase the paste capacity?
Hello, I was needing some help coming up with the code to search the local hard drive and grab a file and then import it into an Access table. I'm trying to do this on a form if possible. If you know of another way, that would work. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Maybe it's the day's 'brain drain', but I need to set a criteria in a query whereby it will select answers in a field that are a specific number of characters in length. i.e., answers that are 5 digits long (without knowing any of the digits)
I have a DB where I want text entry of the primary key to adhere to a certain format. I'm already using a mask of >LL000000 to force two capital letter and 6 numbers. Is there any way I can force extra restrictions, by making for example the first 3 characters to have to be AB1, thus making every entry follow format: AB1<number><number><number><number><number>
I have an Access table with a field called Purchase Oreder Item. The field must be all numbers and the length can be from 10 characters to fourteen characters. I have no problem requiring all numeric characters with a validation rule and setting a maximum length with the input mask. The problem is requiring the minimum of ten numeric characters. The operator must enter a minimum of ten characters and no more than fourteen. Please help.
