Left Three Characters From String Using Query
Sep 8, 2005
In MySQL I can use the LEFT(3, field_name) command, but I essentially want access to pull all records from a table where the the first three digits of a number field match those pre-selected by a form drop down.
This database is in Access 97. Is there a way to compare the first x number of digits using SQL only, or do I need to run each line through code first, and then check it (I really don't want to do that)?
example numbe rin field:
123456789
SQL checks to see if 123 matches value selected on a form.
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Aug 19, 2005
I have the following string: NE1220904
I need to remove the left two characters and the right four characters of a string in a query. I have found how to remove one side or the other, but not from both sides. Thanks in advance for the help!
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Oct 11, 2013
Is it possible to query a field for special characters in a string? I want to find any records that have characters other than A-Z, 0-9
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Nov 27, 2006
I have seen variations of this question and have tried to modify for my purpose, but have been unsuccessful. I need to extract the first four digits of the Social Security Number. We no longer view the whole number, but a variation of the first four of social and first four of first name. I have tried many variations of the Left Function to extract the data from the field:
Expr1: SSN(Left([SSN],4))
Expr1: Left([SSN],4)
Etc.
I get various errors, mostly involving the comma. I am at a loss since I usually search for the code and find that it works. In this case, it doesn't work. I am also trying to extract the first four of the first name and will later combine the two although I broke it down since I couldn't get the basic "left" function to work.
Please help if possible. :)
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Mar 8, 2006
I have a problem whereby I want to import an Excel file into my Access db but certain characters like >< it doesn't accept. what other options do I have?
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Jul 23, 2015
I have to query a record with 2 of the same static characters. "-".I can get the left function with the first " but I can't get the rest up to the second "-"
Example: B-4352B-PXP02W01-10
TagNo: Left([EventInstanceID],InStr([EventInstanceID],"-")) Brings me the first char plus "-" The next section is needed also but the remainder is not.
Needed: B-4352B
Is there a Mid Function that I could add to go to the second chaacter instead of stopping at the first one?
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May 28, 2015
I have a manual date format that looks something like:
02/16/2015 09:06:15 AM PST
I would like to truncate the text so that just the date is showing. For all that I have found, I can remove a string from the beginning? any tips on removing a string from the end?
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Apr 28, 2015
I think I know the answer but want to check. I've been asked to create a query, without querying a query first, but it's the only way I know.
I have two tables
Table1 will have data in a column that is 9 characters long
ULCABC123
ULCABC124
ULCABC125
PLTABC123
PLTABC124
Table2 will have data in a column that is 6 characters long
ULCABC
PLTABC
Question: Can I create a Join from Table2 Field with the Left(Field,6) from Table1
I was thinking something like this. (but then I can't enter design mode)
Query1 - Test
Code:
SELECT Table2.ORDDETTYPE, Table2.DESCRIPTION
FROM Table2 INNER JOIN Table1 ON Table2.ORDDETTYPE = Left(Table1.ORDERDET,6)
GROUP BY Table2.ORDDETTYPE, Table2.DESCRIPTION;
I presume the only way to do this is first query Table1 (and call Query2) and return the first 6 characters and the create another query (Query3 in this case) using Query2 field joined with Table2 field.
Query2
Code:
SELECT Left([ORDERDET],6) AS NEWORDDET
FROM Table1;
Query3
Code:
SELECT Table2.ORDDETTYPE, Table2.DESCRIPTION
FROM Query2 INNER JOIN Table2 ON Query2.[NEWORDDET] = Table2.ORDDETTYPE
GROUP BY Table2.ORDDETTYPE, Table2.DESCRIPTION;
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May 23, 2013
I have several thousands of lines of data which I wish to manipulate programmatically, if at all possible. I think that all of the possible permutations are summed-up by the following examples :
123 A text string
2-8 Another text string
A-C Another text string here
3-20 And some more text
3A-126B More text
Some text without any numbers or letters at the left
What I need to do is :
Move the alphanumeric data at the left to the right. So the data would end up looking like this :
A text string 123
Another text string 2-8
Another text string here A-C
And some more text 3-20
More text 3A-126B
Some text without any numbers or letters at the left
I suppose it hinges on identifying where the first space in from the left appears, cutting the string at that point, and
Is this possible, programmatically ?
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Mar 5, 2015
I have the following string of text that I currently push out to the body of an Outlook email (using the DoCmd.SendObject function with an Access report):
Code:
sMsgBody = "Please find attached the specified Final Costing Report for WO# " & WO & vbCr & vbCr
sMsgBody = sMsgBody & "Dealer: " & rs.Fields(0).Value & vbCr
sMsgBody = sMsgBody & "Model: " & rs.Fields(1).Value & " : " & rs.Fields(2).Value & " : " & rs.Fields(3).Value & " : " & rs.Fields(4).Value & vbCr
sMsgBody = sMsgBody & "Margin $: " & rs.Fields(5).Value & vbCr
sMsgBody = sMsgBody & "Margin %: " & rs.Fields(6).Value & vbCr
Which is great and works fine! It appears in the email like so:
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Now, it has been requested that the data to be left justified to the widest line... so, in this scenario, it would look like this:
Edit.PNG
I've searched for ways this might be accomplished so it's always left justified to the widest line, but haven't come across any definitive solutions yet.
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Sep 21, 2005
I need to be able to strip the last 21 characters from the following strings using a command in a query. Any ideas? I know I need to Instr command but not sure how to do it.
Greg
Impulse Manufacturng
96803-386868-386869-163241
INSP-F96191B-384761-389552-162206
INSP-F96191A-384758-389551-162205
F96191A-384758-389551-162205
F96191B-384761-389552-162206
INSP-97407-389462-389463-164428
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Nov 24, 2005
I am new to VB and want to know how to chop the last three characters off a string. Am writing dynamic SQL and have to take the AND off the last WHERE clause if needed.
Any help greatly appreciated
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Jan 5, 2005
is there a way to do this in VBA in Access I looked at trim but it does not help much
Dim MyString, TrimString
MyString = " <-Trim-> " ' Initialize string.
TrimString = LTrim(MyString) ' TrimString = "<-Trim-> ".
TrimString = RTrim(MyString) ' TrimString = " <-Trim->".
TrimString = LTrim(RTrim(MyString)) ' TrimString = "<-Trim->".
' Using the Trim function alone achieves the same result.
TrimString = Trim(MyString) ' TrimString = "<-Trim->".
I have a select statment setting the data that will be in a combo box
I would like to trim this data...
for example the select statment returns something like
category>subcatgory>field>subfield
so I want to trim it down to be
field>subfield
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Oct 21, 2005
My DB is on SQL Server with an Access adp front end.
SQL uses the Windows NT user name and password for security and also pulls in the user name into a field in every record so we know who has added and modified it.
For one table we are actually using the user name field on the form and in a report for reasons other than security.
The user name is filled in with first the name of the network group, then a slash, then the user name itself. So there are 7 characters I don't really care about.
Is there a way in VBA to remove those first seven characters and only show what comes afterwards? Thanks for the help!
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Mar 24, 2014
I would like to cut off the first 6 and last 2 Charaters in an after update event but not sure how, I cannot use mid as the length of the string may change but never the first 6 or last 2, can some one show me how it's done ...
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Dec 9, 2011
Is there a function, similar to mid, except that it will return all characters prior to the searched string instead of after?
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Dec 8, 2014
I'm familiar with writing a replace query to replace characters or strings but what I'm trying to do this time is a bit unique to me. I have a string of numbers that will either be 8 or 9 digits in length. The first 1 or 2 digits will be the State code (1-50 hence the discrepancy in number of total digits), then a 2 digit agency code, then the last 5 digits are a producer code. What I need to do is change the 2 digits for the agency part both to 0. So basically characters 6 and 7 if you're counting from the right. To me it feels like I'm trying to do it backwards so I'm having a hard time writing it.
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May 8, 2006
I am writing some search results to an excelsheet for reports using the time and date functions to build a filename. I downloaded a StripSpecialCharacters() module, but it doesn't take them all out (only takes ascii above 127).
Does anybody know of another function to do it. searched the archive to no avail.
Thanks in advance
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Nov 7, 2013
Is there an easy way in VBA to loop through a recordset and determine if the text string in a text field includes numeric characters?
I'm trying to do something like this:
Code:
Do Until rst.EOF
rst.Edit
If Left(rst!FldText,10) contains any numeric characters Then
rst!FldType = "Mixed"
ElseIF Left(rst!FldText,10) contains "PO" Then
rst!FldType = "PO"
Else
rst!FldType = "Std"
End If
rst.Update
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Jun 15, 2005
hey,
Is it posible to somehow intigrate this code or some other code that would do the same in to query?
code:
str1 = Right(Me.Text1, InStr(Me.Text1, "Ex") + 2)
I have a table1 with filed "EXZ" and that field contain some data like "7.5/400/Eex de IICT4" now i would like to run an update query on that table and update field "EXZ" from "7.5/400/Ex de IICT4" to "Eex de IICT4". The last part of the data is not allways the same but it does allways start with "Ex"! So is that even posible to do with query or do i have tu use a macro or what?
THX
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Dec 8, 2005
Left$([Entry timestamp],14)
I want to execute the above sql query but the result is not what i'm expecting.
the field entry that i wan to extract the leftmost 14 characters is
2.005113E+19
instead of just having plain numbers like 2005113009010532000000.....
I think it's becoz of the format that's why Left function is not working as expected. Can somebody help me out regarding this? Thanks very much
Regards
Dominic
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Nov 7, 2005
I am trying to build a query that shows me the activity of my customers. I have a database that amongst other things holds two tables which i am trying to query.
tbl 1 - Customers
tbl 2 - Enquiries
What i eventually want to do is create a report that shows which customers have made enquiries and which ones haven't on a weekly and monthly basis.
the fields brought out of tbl1 are just the companies name, and sales person responsible for the account. Now to get all the customers to show i have learnt that you can do a left join on the query which will show all the records in the left table (tbl1) which is great and i can then limit the customer accounts that show by adding query criteria to the sales rep field from tbl1. The problem that i am having is when i try to limit the time period i.e weekly, monthly. when i enter criteria in the EnquiryDate field from tbl2 the query stops showing all the customers and only shows those that match the date criteria. Can anyone tell me how to prevent this from happening.
Thanks
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Aug 19, 2006
Hi!In my query i'd like to format a selected field.At the moment i write it like this:MyOwnFieldName:[Table].Field I want to achieve:MyOwnFieldName: Left([Table].Field, 4) & "-" & Right([Table].Field, 4).Is this possible?Thanks for helpful feedback ;)
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Apr 17, 2008
I need bailed out again. I'm not getting the desired results with the following query:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/randman1/query.jpg
There are a total of 11 records in the tblSystemAlarms table. The desired result is a return of all 11 records for a particular ReportID, even if there is not a record in tblSystemAlarmStatus. The actual result is a return of only the number of records that contain a matching ReportID. How do I include the other records?
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Jun 20, 2005
I need to break up part of the value in one of my fields. I can do it in Excel by identifying the position of the dash with eg. =FIND("-",D13) And then using it in a LEFT function. Or using the text to Columns wizard.
How can I do it in a query, there is no find function. If there is an equivelant what is it?
Sample data:
22DF-RED
33AF-0
44TG-Blue
I need only the data to the left of the Dash
Thanks
Ziggy
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Dec 27, 2007
Hi all,
I am having a problem getting my query to work properly. I have read through this query section but it just got me more confused. I know some have used IIF function but it didn't work for me.
here's my code:
SELECT tblEmployee.UserName, tblODF.ODFNumber, tblQueue.Queue, tblStatus.Status, tblODF.ODFScanDate
FROM tblStatus INNER JOIN (tblQueue INNER JOIN (tblEmployee INNER JOIN tblODF ON tblEmployee.EmployeeID = tblODF.EmployeeID) ON tblQueue.QueueID = tblODF.QueueID) ON tblStatus.StatusID = tblODF.StatusID
ORDER BY tblEmployee.UserName, tblStatus.Status, tblODF.ODFScanDate;
I want everything to show even if one of the fields is blank.
Thank you
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