[mso] Re: Access Function
- From: "Green" <1z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:42:39 +0100
Hi Glenda,
I think the REPLACE function may be what you need.
It replaces characters in a string with another.
It's in the help of course.
Regards
Lisa
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Glenda Wells
> Sent: dinsdag 28 oktober 2003 17:09
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Access Function
>
>
>
> Hi All.
> Please forgive that this is a repeat message. I've looked through
> everything I have and can't find this answer.
>
> I have a phone number that looks like this in a field: (333) 123-4567.
> I need to remove the parentheses and the hyphen and separate into two
> fields so the area code is 333 and the phone number is 1234567.
>
> Actually, I can get the number part but I'm stuck at removing the
> parentheses. I'm thinking some form of trim or len will do the trick
>
> I tried looking up functions in MS Access Help which was no help at all
> and did a web search for an explanation of functions, perhaps finding an
> example and that was not successful either. I don't have a book on hand
> to help. I'm actually quite frustrated at the moment.
>
> Thanks for help and advice. /g
*************************************************************
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
*************************************************************
Other related posts:
