Replacing A Character Depending On What Surrounds It (SQL Query)
Sep 19, 2014
The following is a simplified version of a puzzle I'm faced with, but if I can solve the simplified version I'll be able to solve the real thing.
Take the following column:
MyField
1-2A-B
YZ-A6
53-75-XC
How within a query can I replace the hyphens with spaces but only where they appear between two numbers? So this is the result I'm after:
MyField
1 2A-B
YZ-A6
53 75-XC
(note that the letters and numbers could be any values in any positions.)
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May 16, 2007
hi. i are replacing queries in my tables to get the database ready to convert to SQLServer.
Am having a problem replacing a query that is brings in a table for a drop down and inserting the selection in the record.
during creation, the record shows a date, id, task, hours.
the datatable needs date, id, task_code, task_name, task_job, hours.
On "task" the drop-down allows for selection of several choices that are 3 columns wide. i can get the columns to show but only the first column currently goes in my new table. the table's columns that the selection comes from is "task_code,task_name, task_job". All columns are needed as different areas use the same task code but use different jobs or names.
I was told to use a insert into statement, however am having problems with it.
have as follows:
SQLStatement = "SELECT [Task_code], [Job_name], [Task_name] FROM tablea; "
rec.Open SQLStatement, , adOpenDynamic
job = rec(1)
task = rec(2)
rec.Close
SQLStatement = " Insert into [tableb]([Job_name],[Task_name]) " & _
" values (" & job & ", " & task & " ) "
rec2.Open SQLStatement, , adOpenDynamic
db.Execute (SQLStatement)
any point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
slh
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I am trying to replace a # character and all characters after in a text field.
U set up a Select query and used the following expression:
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Dec 21, 2005
Hello.
I'm using a filter that contain # as one of the characters that the field might contain.
I get some very inetersting results.
using
"select fld1
from tbl1
where fld1 not like 'D#%'
"
Lets' say that the values for fld1(text type) are :
Dodo
D# cc
The query above will return the 2 records, it is "egnoring" the filter.
How can I solve this problem?
Thanks a lot
Roy
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I've got a query that does exactly what this (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=89564&highlight=null+records) chap got his to do.
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[title]=[Forms].[Search]![Title] Or [Forms].[Search]![Title] Is Null
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Jan 25, 2005
Hi,
In SQL in MS Access a '?' '*' '%' are all used as a wildcards.
I need to be able to retrieve all messsages which contain a '?' within the message.
i.e. If a message contains the following characters : why?
I want to retrieve the message as a '?' is part of the message.
When I write the code :
SELECT User.User, Message.Message
FROM Message INNER JOIN [User] ON Message.[Message ID]=User.[Message ID]
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I am wanting to filter data in a table that only begins with an alpha character.
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23444
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Is this possible or am I asking a little to much of Access!
Regards:)
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Hi!
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What the query is doing, is that is calculating percentage. So the problem is if you go from zero to something bigger than zero, then this this gives you an infinite value of percentage. I solved that by if it is a zero, then it's changed to null. Then the percentage will be zero.
What I want, or wonder, is if the value is zero, is it possible to to have a textbox or something "lightened up" in a form? What I mean is that if you do your choices in the comboboxes and this gives you a "bad zero" in the query then a text pops up and tells you that "the values are a little bit wrong" or something like that=)
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Hope you understand what I'm trying to say...
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Hi All,
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Basically:
0-10 = A
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Although it works, and fast enough, I don't like the way it is displayed and I am sure that it could be even faster without all these iif.
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Ｔｈｅｒｅｆｏｒｅ Ｉ need help in comparing datas between these 2 tables for this particular field. So long as there is 75% similarities, one of the 2 tables will have the data replaced.
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OK, here is my situation. I have an access database which is updated automatically every night with new data. My companies solution to this is each morning, the entire database is downloaded to my computer to be used by another application.
In one of the tables, there is a field that doesn't work for my purposes, so each day I have to manually open the table, and change the contents of that field for every record. For example, lets say I have the following table:
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Rec1 Wigets Faucet Model1A
Rec2 Wigets Faucet Model1B
Rec3 Wigets Sink Model1A
Rec4 Wigets Sink Model1B
Rec5 Wigets Toilet Model1A
Each day I manually change Field2 so it reads "Total" and whatever is in Field2:
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