[mso] Re: Access Data Type Definition :VSMail mx1
- From: "Glenda Wells" <gwells@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:23:05 -0500
One thing you can do also if you store the numbers as test and soemtime
do need to use the text numbers as actual numbers is to multiply the
field *1 to convert them. I do this quite often. In my regular datafile
over which I don't have any control, I have test scores stored as
text...makes no sense to me but I've had to learn to work with it. In
any query in which I use that value, I simply multiply the field times 1
then peform calculations on that result to come up with averages...for
example. /g=20
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From: James LaBorde [mailto:jlaborde@xxxxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 07:20 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Access Data Type Definition :VSMail mx1
Christine,
The direction you want to go depends on your data. If your data will =
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never be used in a calculation, I would recommend using Glenda's =3D
approach making the field text and create a validation rule and input =
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mask. If your numbers need to be numbers and will never have leading =
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zeroes, you will want to take Jim's approach and make them number fields
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thumb is to not use the number data type if your data will not be =3D
calculated. Number fields have problems when storing raw data if you =
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need things like leading zeroes.
James
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From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of McDonald, Christine, Ms, DCAA
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:42 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Access Data Type Definition :VSMail mx1
I'm creating a new database. There are two fields that are 5 and 6
characters each and the text should be all numbers for each, no letters,
no special characters. Is there a way to set the data type for these
two fields to a maximum of 5 and 6 characters each and all numbers?
Thanks,
Christine McDonald, CPA
Technical Specialist
Western Regional Office
Information Technology Division (RSA-4)
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