removal of spaces

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hi

im working with some data using access 2000,

in this i have a field of phone numbers which are a bit of a mess,

is there a way in that i can change 01 234 123456 to 01234 123456 quicky and
easily

thanks

stuart
 
Hi, Stuart.
is there a way in that i can change 01 234 123456 to 01234 123456 quicky and
easily
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If you want to make the change permanent, use an UPDATE query. Try:

UPDATE tblEmpPhones
SET PhoneNum = IIF(Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1) > 0, Mid(PhoneNum, 1,
(Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1) - 1)) & Mid(PhoneNum, (Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1)
+ 1)), PhoneNum);

.... where tblEmpPhones is the name of the table, and PhoneNum is the name of
the field where the extra space needs to be removed.

If you just need a query to show the field without the extra space, then try:

SELECT PhoneNum, IIF(Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1) > 0, Mid(PhoneNum, 1,
(Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1) - 1)) & Mid(PhoneNum, (Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1)
+ 1)), PhoneNum) AS Phone
FROM tblEmpPhones;

HTH.
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worked perfectly

thanks

stuart



'69 Camaro said:
Hi, Stuart.


If you want to make the change permanent, use an UPDATE query. Try:

UPDATE tblEmpPhones
SET PhoneNum = IIF(Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1) > 0, Mid(PhoneNum, 1,
(Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1) - 1)) & Mid(PhoneNum, (Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1)
+ 1)), PhoneNum);

... where tblEmpPhones is the name of the table, and PhoneNum is the name of
the field where the extra space needs to be removed.

If you just need a query to show the field without the extra space, then try:

SELECT PhoneNum, IIF(Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1) > 0, Mid(PhoneNum, 1,
(Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1) - 1)) & Mid(PhoneNum, (Instr(1, PhoneNum, " ", 1)
+ 1)), PhoneNum) AS Phone
FROM tblEmpPhones;

HTH.
Gunny

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Try this, if the lenfth of the string is fixed.

left(Replace(FieldName," ",""),5) & " " & right(Replace(FieldName," ",""),6)
 
There are three optional arguments to Replace: the start position in the
string, the number of replacements to make, and the nature of the comparison
to be made.

To replace the first blank in a string with several blanks, you can simply
say:

select replace([Your field or string value], " ", "", 1, 1)

The last two arguments tell Replace to start at character position 1 and
replace 1 instance of a single blank.
 
Even better, thank you.
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I hope that helped
Good luck


Chaim said:
There are three optional arguments to Replace: the start position in the
string, the number of replacements to make, and the nature of the comparison
to be made.

To replace the first blank in a string with several blanks, you can simply
say:

select replace([Your field or string value], " ", "", 1, 1)

The last two arguments tell Replace to start at character position 1 and
replace 1 instance of a single blank.
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