[mso] Re: Access Function :VSMail mx2

  • From: James LaBorde <jlaborde@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 09:31:07 -0800

Glenda,

Is the data consistently in that format?  If it is then you can use the Mid
function and get what you need with just simple, built in functions.  If it
varies you will need to write code to extract the data.  

If the data is consistent you can simply create two fields in a query using
the Mid function as follows:

AreaCode: Mid([Phone], 2, 3) and
PhoneNum: Mid([Phone], 7, 3) & Mid([Phone], 11, 4)

This should return:

AreaCode: 333
PhoneNum: 1234567

If you need to use the Mid function for anything else the three parameters
are:  String, Start Position, Number of characters

I hope this gets you what you need. 

James

-----Original Message-----
From: Glenda Wells [mailto:gwells@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:09 AM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Access Function :VSMail mx2


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


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