[mso] Re: Access Function :VSMail mx2
- From: "Green" <1z@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 06:44:25 +0100
Hi Glenda,
REPLACE was wrong, apologies. I didn't see the bit about splitting into two
fields.
>Any thoughts on where the compile
> error came from and what to do about it?
MID, LEFT, RIGHT will return a type of variable called VARIANT and not a
text string.
To get a string you should use MID$, LEFT$ and RIGHT$.
Could that be causing a compile problem.
Regards
Lisa
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Glenda Wells
> Sent: dinsdag 28 oktober 2003 20:22
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: Access Function :VSMail mx2
>
>
>
> Thanks all for suggestions.
>
> I copied ALL the objects in the original database then used Mid,2,3 to
> get the area code field then concatenated Mid,7,3 to get the prefix and
> Right,4 to get the number. Very similar to James suggestion below.
>
> It works great and no compile error. Any thoughts on where the compile
> error came from and what to do about it? I can't run anything in the
> "old" database requiring Mid, Left or Right, including creating a new
> query based on a new table to use the functions. I gave up after that
> in the interests of 'I just don't have time today for this kind of
> b---s---' but I'd still like to have a clue what to do to figure out
> what went wrong.
>
> /g
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James LaBorde [mailto:jlaborde@xxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:31 PM
> To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [mso] Re: Access Function :VSMail mx2
>
>
> 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. =20
>
> 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.=20
>
> 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=20
>
> 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.=20
>
> Thanks for help and advice. /g
>
>
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