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Oct 31, 2004

I'm having problems with an assignment in an online course I am taking.

The assignment is to create one Update Query to find & remove typos in a field. Specifically, the typos are multiple f's & g's embedded in a field.

I created an Update Query that finds the typos & removes just the f's. I'm having trouble with the syntax to also remove the g's.

This is what I have so far that works great.

Update: Replace([Field2],"fff","")
Criteria: Like “*fff*”
or: Like “*ggg*”

The Query finds the records that contain both the "fff" & the "ggg" typos but I'm having trouble with Syntax for removing both.

Does anyone know what I have to change in the "Update:" line to include removing the g's?

I know I could easily create 2 Querys to remove the f's then the g's but the assignment requires only 1 Query to remove both.

Thanks,
Yaani-Mai

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