I want to prompt the user to enter a merchant name, but want the results to return close matches.I know how to use the wildcard in the Criteria field of the query, but I want to use brackets.I know that "*Southwest*" Will return Southwest Airlines.So I tried *[Southwest Airlines]* and it treats the criteria like a text string.
View RepliesIve read loads of posts about Wildcard searches but am unable to find the answer to my problem. In one of my boxes on my search form the user places in the search criteria value, this can be from A1 - A16 all the way to G16. At the moment i'm using this as my seasrch query:
[Forms]![Search]![BoxNo]
So if I put in C1 then I get all the C1's, great. If I want to wildcard then I put in Like "*" & [Forms]![Search]![BoxNo] &"*", and again it works, this time it call enything with C1 in it i.e C13.
How can I adjust my query to do both, sometimes I only want the exact match othertimes I want to wildcard :confused:
Is it possible to use a * (Wild Card) in a pop up box for a query?
I read the previous post about pop up boxes for quires and it worked worked great! I created one for my month field
My criteria in my search fieled is a follows:
05-May
06-June
07-July
08-August
etc...
As you can see someone would have to type a 08-August to get the results for August, can a wild card be used? Example 08* would return all of 08-August data. I tried it but it wouldn't return any data.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Scott
I am using a criteria entry form as the source of parameters for a select query, and I am using IIF statements in the query so that if the user does not want to specify for that particular field, the search still works based on the other parameters specified. Therefore the statement I am using is;
IIf([Forms]![Criteria Form]![Customer Account] Is Not Null,[Forms]![Criteria Form]![Customer Account],[Data]![Customer Account]).
This works.
However for some of the criteria I want to also use wild cards, so that the user can enter just part of the data, and the relevant records will be returned. I understand that wild cards cannot be embedded into the IIF statement above.
I have tried many methods, and trawled the web for ideas, but I cannot get this to work. I either want the user to enter the wild card themselves ie "100*" returning records starting with "100", or for the query to append the wild card itself.
Can someone help please?
How would I make a query find a person like this:
Inputted Data: Smit
Outputted Data: Smith, Smithy etc..
The formula I have entered in the criteria of my query is:
Like [Enter the person's last name]
With this formula, if I type Smith, then the data that comes out is Smith. But if I type in smit or smi, Smith doesnt come out.
Thanks.
Hi all,
I need a little help with a wild card issue, Ive looked and looked and cant spot whats wrong.
I have two forms "Requisitioner" & "Engineers", each form has a subform.
These are basic search forms (unbound) that find related records in the subforms. The work is done in the query of the subform and then the form is refreshed. I have used this approach many many times without issue until now.
If the engineers form is opened "G*" is entered into the text box then all the entries beginning with "G" are found in the subform.
If the "*" is then removed from the text box leaving "G" no results are found in the subform, (Working Correctly)
Now if the "*" is added again "G*" then the subform shows all the entries beginning with "G"
Everything is good with the Engineers Form, If the same steps are made on the Requisitioners form after adding the "*" again no records are displayed.
I could change the way this works by doing a recordset find but i really want to know why this is working on one form but not on another.
I would appreciate any help with this.
Garry
I have a series of dates that I inherited from former DB. Some of the dates are Mon-Fri, Mon-Thu, Sun-Fri, etc. That is, there is a hyphen "-" in the middle of the text. I have an unbound control with an IIF statement using the LIKE condition, I just get an error. I tired the following to no avail. Using Access 2010.
IIF([Day1] Like "*-*", 5, 1)
IIF([Day1] like "-", 5, 1)
IIF ([Day1] like '-', 5, 1)
IIF ([Day1] like [-], 5, 1)
I've looked it up and the hyphen _ is used as a wild card character, but I need to include it just as a dash.
I have a search box and it looks up project id number.
the orginal code works but filters anything with that particular number.
I like to adjust the filter to equal to the number enter.
ex,, I enter 22 , i get records with 622, 223, etc
I want it to be only 22
I can't seem to figure this out.. here's te code
Private Sub txtSearchString_AfterUpdate()
' Find the record that matches the control.
Dim rs As Object
LSearchString = txtSearchString
'Filter results based on search string
LSQL = "select * from [Projects - Active]"
LSQL = LSQL & " where ID LIKE '*" & LSearchString & "*'"
Form_frmSearch_sub.RecordSource = LSQL
lblTitle.Caption = "Project ID: Filtered by '" & LSearchString & "'"
'Clear search string
txtSearchString = ""
End Sub
How may I write a criteria in the query where I can pull records with date/time data type (01/31/15 1:30:23 PM) based on today's date?
Example using today's date (4/21/15):
Date()= 4/21/15
The query will pull these records:
ABC 4/21/15 9:14:40 AM
DEF 4/21/15 10:50:02 AM
GHI 4/21/15 2:32:35 PM
etc.
The time does not matter as long as the date is 4/21/15.
I have tried using these formulas:
=Date() & *
=Date(Now)
but these are no success.
I have a query which uses values in two hidden text boxes, in order to populate a sub form.Unfortunately some times the data in the text box contains brackets within it as follows:
'120/60 ZR17 (55W)'
When this occurs the query returns no data, even though records with a matching code exists in the table I am working with where Speed is 'FR'.
Code:
WHERE (((stockdyn.SPEED)="FR") AND ((stockdyn.DESCRIPN) Like '*' & [forms]![frmSearch]![Text10] & '*'))
How can I get around this, as surely if I used quote marks it would take "[forms]![frmSearch]![Text10]" as the value I am searching for.
HI folks
I have a db. I have created a search form which when you click the search button executes a query to find the required records.
The query is currently outputting to printpreview of the query.
What i want to be able to do is have the option to select the correct record and then print it. The search can either be exact and return 1 record or use a wildcard and return a few records.
I have the report setup and working I just can't for the life of me figure out how to link everything.
Maybe I've missed something I don't know.
ok, i wanna make a query that will display the information from other queries containing the word "complete" in their title. All of these queries have the same columns names to them so they should fit together nicely but if someone adds a new query in the future with the word "complete" in the title i want this query to pick it up. Is this possible?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am trying to perform some keyword searches of a text field. My preferred option would be to hold all the keywords in a separate table and then use something like
SELECT * FROM Text Table, Keywords Table WHERE (((InStr[Text Table].[Text],[Keywords Table].[keywords])) > 0 ));
This works and returns anything which has the string from the keyword table, however I wanted to look for whole words only. I can do this in SQL using a regular expression along the lines of [!a-z] keyword [!a-z] which only finds the string where it has no letters directly either side of it.
What I would like to do is combine the two methods so I hold my keywords in a table and then use them with the reg ex to find whole words only.
Greetings all,
Continuing to work on my problem and I am now getting and error of '3075' - syntax error (missing operator) in query expression
the error line is
strSQL = strSQL & "HAVING (tbl_data_DispatchDetails.TradingName) = " & varVal2 & " AND (tbl_Data_DispatchLineitems.WineNumber) = " & VarVal0
(I have to admit query language is not my strength)
Thanks in advance.
rbinder
Hi,
I'm trying to search a field which has both names and numbers in it.
For purely text entries the wildcard search works just fine.... like this:
Like "*" & [What is Last Name?] & "*"
I can type in "Smi" and get all of the Smith, Smiths, etc.
However, when I try to use this for entries which include numbers (123), which should return "Smi123" I don't get any results at all.
Any suggestions? I can put in the SMI123 as straight text in the criteria box, and will get the appropriate record.... so I know it is there!
Thanks .....
Gordon
WHERE (((zEnquiries.Enq_Forname) Like '*' & Forms!Enquiry_Search!Search2 & '*'))
this statement im sure has too many brackets.. can someone correct it for me
Hey,
I'm unsure of how to do this one, any help would be appreciated.
The database I'm working on has around 2000 records within the parent table. These reflect projects around the world.
the child table has records on how much these projects cost.
I would like to calculate the % of projects cost less than £50,000, then, the % of projects between £50,000-£100,000 and so on.
i'm not entirely sure how to do this, anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
I need to use square brackets as part of the criteria in a LIKE SQL statement. The criteria is:
[ABC123][SR]
ie, find all records which have that as part of a longer text string. How can I amend the SQL statement below to "escape" the square brackets and treat them as part of the string?
SELECT * FROM p_Overall WHERE (((p_Overall.Assigned_Dept)="ICONS_IMAC")) OR (((p_Overall.Brief_Description) Like '*[ABC123][SR]*'));
Help!!!!
Thanks in advance :-)
I recently MERGED two columns in a database file using the following code:
SELECT "(" & RESULT & ") " & QUALIFIER AS MERGED FROM SOIL_STL3_MERGE AS SOIL_STL3_MERGE;
The RESULT field was a number which I had to change to a TEXT field since my QUALIFIER was a TEXT field. Anyway the result was the field called MERGED which depicted the data as follows:
(100) U
(500) U
......
.......
I use the Find and Replace twice to get rid of the first ( and run it again to get rid of ) resulting in a field that looks like this:
100 U
500 U
My question is can I solve this through an UPDATE query statement through SQL or some other way with a function.
I would rather automate the removal of the ( ) or change my original code to NOT put brackets around my result.
Any and all help is most appreciated.
I thk you all in advance.
the raven man
I want to print negative numbers in brackets without the negative sign:
-5 beccomes (5)
I am doing this on a control that I am summing on. Currently this is what I am doing in the "Control Source" field.
IIF(Sum([field]) < 0, "(" & -Sum([field]) & ")", Sum([field]))
This works, however, I would assume it is running the sum 3 times (I do not know access internals, I may be wrong and would like to be corrected).
Is there a way to do this using the "Format" field??
Thank You
newbie and learning
I have a column containing records of the timestamp of an event. I need to extract the date out of each of these records and put them in a separate table. The date and time of each record is contained within a bracket.
E.g.
ES~1~1412179200(Oct 02 00:00:00 2014)~1~ITM_W64MQMONITORLOG00~
0~0~ES~1~1412179203(Oct 02 00:00:03 2014)~1~ITM_Log_Entries~
0~0~ES~1~1412179204(Oct 02 00:00:04 2014)~1~ITM_Log_Entries~
As you can see, the number of characters of each record are different, so I am unable to do the Left$ count thingy.
Is there any other way to do it? I only need the date and time contained in the brackets.
HI!
I have big problem I have telephone number field like this
Tel(XX)XXXXX - X are numbers
I have to split it into two columns and skip brackets like this
Column1 - Tel
Column2 - XXXXXXX
Is it possible?
I have no idea how to manage it...I'd be very thankful for any
examples ? Or Help....I'm beginner
Thanks a lot
in Advance
Is there a way to show negative numbers in brackets without selecting the Currency format?
I want to show (75,000.00) and not -75,000.00
Sorry All,
I have a simple question, how can I tell if my laptop has a wireless network in it. Thanks.
Hi,
I'm in a a lot of trouble. My graphics card has stopped functioning, leaving me with a perfectly good computer that I cannot use.
In order to retrieve the information from the harddisk, I got a cable between this computer and another one.
This is my plan:
When the "blind" computer is started, I will enter the cmd. From there I would like to be able to "share" one of my folders on the small network (ie the two computers). Is there a DOS command for this?
second question:
If I have VNC server installed, will I be able to see the desktop from another computer allthough I can't see it on the blind computer? Does that information go through the graphics card before it is sent over the internet, or after it has arrived in the VNC viewer computer?
Fuga.
Looking at creating a database that looks up records based on a number from a magnetic card. Has anyone ever come across any code that will pull the info from the serial port? I have been looking for 2 days and not able to find anything. I have the card reader but do not have any software to get the info from the serial port and my limted coding does not even come close to what I need. Any help or a push in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Matthew