[mso] Re: Access Text String Format

  • From: Glenda Wells <gwells@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 08:47:45 -0400

That did it Ken.  Oddly, when I typed it in, kept getting syntax error then
copied EXACTLY same thing from Access Help and it worked!  I made screen
shots to compare and they are exactly the same.  Well, problem solved for
now but weird.  Thanks.  /gl

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Grubb [mailto:KGRUBB@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 1:31 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Access Text String Format



Glenda Wells asked:

> Is there any way to format a field within a text string?
> I want to use a social security field within a string.

Another solution:

Format([SSN],"@@@-@@-@@@@")

Ken Grubb
Burlington, NC


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