Thank you so much James! That worked perfectly! I have spent hours in the help menu and searching the web trying to find the right function and syntax, nothing was working right. I definitely didn't have Datepart in the statement, nor the correct IIf statement, just couldn't get the syntax right. I'm glad to know about the Switch function, it looks very useful. Appreciate your help, thanks, Cathy :) James LaBorde <jlaborde@xxxxxxxxx To: "'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent by: cc: mso-bounce@freelist s.org Subject: [mso] Re: Access 2002: Convert Number To String (Quarterly) 07/13/2004 01:40 PM :VSM ail mx5 Please respond to mso ..... Cathy, You can always add an IIF or even use Switch. To use switch you would do something like this: Quarter: Switch(Datepart('q', [DateIssue]) = 1, "One", Datepart('q', [DateIssue]) = 2, "Two", Datepart('q', [DateIssue]) = 3, "Three", Datepart('q', [DateIssue]) = 4, "Four") This should give you the string equivalent that you are looking for. If you need more help, just holler. Thank You, James La Borde South Western Federal Credit Union -----Original Message----- From: Cathy.Evans@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:Cathy.Evans@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 9:43 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Access 2002: Convert Number To String (Quarterly) :VSMail mx5 Can't get past partial progress. Converting a date to show it as the current quarter, my query design field is QTR: DateIssue, with 'q' in property format. Depending on date in DateIssue field, it will return a 1, 2, 3 or 4. I want to turn that numeric quarter result into a string so it will show as One, Two, Three . . . . , but having trouble and have not been finding solution in the help menu. Any ideas how to begin? Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************