I am totally new at this database stuff. I have been searching the archives for a couple hours and confused on how to accomplish what I need to do. I saw references to using a module but I have not used that feature yet.
I am using Access 2003. I need to remove/delete " - " space dash space, "-" and "&" from a string in one field (DGName). I'm trying to do this with a make table query
DGName
P1000
P1000 - SMLS
P1000-CA (not a type error)
UD000 - C&B
V-NET
I thought I had solved my initial problem of removing the apostrophe character for each zip code field. Most of the fields have data that reads '12345-1234'. I want to remove each (') character and the "-1234" so I end up with a zipcode of 12345.
I created 2 queries for this process. I first run a query with the following statement "Left([ZIP],Len([ZIP])-6)". That gets rid of the "-1234' ".
The I run the second query with this statement "Right([ZIP],Len([ZIP])-6)".
These 2 queries work perfectly if the original zipcode is " '12345-1234' ", but if it is " '12345' ", the entire zipcode is deleted.
I have attached 3 (.jpg)'s to show you what I am talking about.
I'm not good with access at all, i'm basically after removing all workgroup protection from a database file. I have full access to the file, admin passwords etc, i'm just having serious difficulty trying to find a tutorial or any information regarding how it can be removed!
I use the template service call management . In the work order section there is a field called Entered By . I would like to remove it as I do not need it and if you do not enter it the work order will not complete . Is there a way to remove it or make it so you do not have to enter anything there >> I have tryed to remove it but somehow it is connected to some thing else and I get error
I posted an earlier question about an Access query export to Excel putting leading apostophe (') before all data. To remove them I thought I would use Find/Replace but the Apostophe is not recognised!
Is there a way (programmatically) to remove the first character of each data entry in each cell in a column?
Can anyone please help me, I currently have a series of queries that are called by a macro, these create a number of tables. But when each query runs it provide a prompt stating what it is doing, my question is can these be stopped so that the queries run without a user being present.
I have a table that has mutliple records for the same person. I know how to create a query to remove duplicates but i don't know how to create a table to remove duplicates but keep the most recent record. Is this possible?
ie client status date 123 A 1/1/07 123 C 2/5/06 123 A 9/3/07
When I ve gone in and deleted a record from my table (new table just testing it) ie. enter number 1 deleted it and than gone in and entered (on the form) another enter the (auto number) goes to 2. I want to know how to i get it to go back to the previous number.
Both tables contain the same data; however the “tmptable” contains updated data. How can I compare both tables and remove all the duplicate in the tmptable, leaving only the updated data.
I will be comparing the fields “IsMandatory” from both tables
I have a field that contains serial numbers. The serial numbers are entered in difference formats. Some will have dashes, spacing and periods separating the numbers (example: 06-65432 or 06 65432 or 06.65432). I am trying to create a search field for this and the different formats makes it difficult. Is there a way to remove all separators so that all parts of the serial number are together?
i have a form with various fields, on this form i have an archive button that places certain fields in an archive form. however this does not remove the information from the main form. pls see attached
I am running a query to return records from a table. I want to eliminate records from the query if the values contained in one field are duplicated. I have tried using the DISTINCT keyword but it only works if the entire record is unique or if I was retieving just one field
in a form I've created showing products bought, when I add a new new order it still keeps the previous order's data, how can I prevent that from happening?
This may seem like a silly question, but I can’t find the answer to it on this forum. People only say 'Remove the table links' but never how. I can’t seem to be able to remove the table links completely, so I only have one database file (no backend or frontend). I can’t seem to do it though the Table link manager or any other way. Any help?
I have a date field that shows the date like 12-Sep-05 (medium date). I have a report in which the date has to display without the placeholders (e.g., 12Sep05).
I believe what I need to do is create a field in the query to remove the placeholders but I don't know how to write the code. Will anyone be willing to show me? Any help would be appreciated.
I have a bunch of server names that have names like aaa.bbb, xxx.yyy. All i need from these server names is the name before the first "." so in the first example all I would need is aaa. I've been using this formula in excel MID(A1,1,FIND(".",A1) - 1). This works great.. Is there any way to do this in access?
This is probably real easy to do, but ........ I have a field in Access that looks like this:
"12:12:01 PM 12/5/2005, 5:00:01 AM 12/6/2005, 7:00:25 AM 12/6/2005"
From this string, all I want is the last Date entry (mm/dd/yyyy). Thus in this result, it would be 12/6/2005. I know how to use the Right(), Left() and Mid() functions, but I do not want quotation marks included in my result.
I have an 11 million row table that lists relationships between pairs of people. There are several columns, but the relevant ones for my problem are
personA, personB, a-b_strength, b-a_strength.
because of the size of the table i'm having all sorts of problems, and i could actually cut out half of the rows, because for every row listing eg
dave, steve, 4, 5
there's another row listing the same information, but flipped round, ie
steve, dave, 5, 4
I'm sure there must be an efficient way to delete, using a query or otherwise, one of each of these pairs (it doesn't matter which). I have another column (id) that simply has a unique number for every row, ie 1,2,3->11 million, so i was thinking of something like
delete from table t1 where exists (select * from table t2 where t1.personA = t2.personB and t1.personB = t2.personA and t1.id < t2.id)
So, this should delete every row that has a mirror version earlier in the list.(i think)
What i'm worried about though, is performance: is this going to make a new temporary table for the nested select for each new row in the outer statement? I already created a table that listed the count of friends for each unique person with a make table query, and that took 12 hours to complete. I don't mind another 12 hour query, but not a 144 hour query!
Any advice welcome - thanks! (Sorry for the longwinded post)
I have large sets of data that has labels on them. For example "25.56 lbs". I just want the raw numbers. Can someone help with what to type in the update to field of an update query to just keep the numbers? Thanks
I have List box called 'lstNote' base on a query 'qryNotes' with filter tied to textbox 'filter' on my main form 'frmNotes'. The filter specifies criteria for field called 'ntype' on 'qryNotes'.
I have buttons that change the filter field to specific criteria. The listbox works fine this way for filtered records.
I want to also be able to not have any filter for the 'lstNote' so that all records for 'qryNotes' are listed without criteria.
I tried, but was not successful, to set the filter criteria to a wildcard or no filter with
IIf(IsNull(Forms!frmNotes!filter),(qryNotes.nType = Like *),Forms!frmNotes!filter)
But this produces no records at all.
Any suggestions? Do I need to go down another road?
Basically I want to listbox to either show any of the filters and also all records.
