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Old 30-08-2004, 08:17 PM   #1
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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Sure, you can send the data anywhere you want, as long as you know how to
write the code for it. Generally for database work, you'll use ADO. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/database.htm

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"Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:42B2BD07-33AA-44B4-9249-A7333007C083@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I created a custom Outlook 2002 form for users to complete a survey. I
> then
> have vbscript behind a CommandButton to grab and email me the textbox,
> checkbox, etc. values by creating a string with each question's response
> delimited by a ";"
>
>
> Sample response I get:
> -------------------------
> Joe Smith; ABC Corp;some text...;some more
> text...;True;False;False;True;True;True;etc;etc;
>
> When I get this in my inbox, I paste the responses manually into a Excel
> spreadsheet and use the Text to Column option. BUT is there some cool way
> to
> parse this string and insert/update the responses to an Access or
> SQL database automatically?
>
> Thanks, Dave.



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