Will pay for need help and occasional advise on using excel ....

J

Jerry in Oklahoma

Thx in advance for your help and interest.

i am an independant oil and gas consultant and have a fair

amount of computer experience but, am absolutely lost when it

comes to data bases .... i found a database online (in .php format)

that contains names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers

and email addresses of companies and people within the oil and

gas industry ... i want to be able to utilize this db in excel so i can

sort certain companies or people and use excels "mail merge"

system to send them emails.


i WANT to show my appreciation by paying something for this

service .... and i will.


i have queried the online db for all entries located within the

united states and received over 70,000 entries .... i then copied

and pasted them to microsoft word ... it is now 174 pages

(840KB) .. i have it saved to a file ... i can send a copy of this

WORD attachment....

( Update Note: i have found that my 840KB word document only

contain around 560 entries ... well short of the 70,000 .... i

assume that perhaps the server went down while downloading

..... i did get some messages about not having enough memory. )

Here is what the 1st three entries look like

when copied and pasted from Word;

"Company: PetroInvest LLC

Map It from MapQuest! Map It from Google! What's the Weather

Like? Phone to Google! Fax to Google!
Industry:
Web based exchange linking private placement drilling programs

with securities broker-dealers and qualified institutional

investors.

Department:
Division / Booth:
Position: President
Lastname, Firstname: King, Steven
Phone: 713-667-5692
Fax:
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Address Line 1: 2222 Maroneal Street
Address Line 2: Suite 1517
City, State/Province Zipcode: Houston, TX 77030
Country: USA
Website: www.petroinvest.com

Company: B & B Resourses

Map It from MapQuest! Map It from Google! What's the Weather

Like? Phone to Google! Fax to Google!
Industry:
Investor opertor oil gas

Department:
Division / Booth:
Position: Owner
Lastname, Firstname: Barrow, Chuck
Phone: 918-495-1128
Fax: 918-495-0537
Email:
Address Line 1: 3637 east 67th Street
Address Line 2:
City, State/Province Zipcode: Tulsa, Ok 74136
Country:
Website:

Company: Thomas Family Trusts

Map It from MapQuest! Map It from Google! What's the Weather

Like? Phone to Google! Fax to Google!
Industry:
Private investor in royalties and working interests.

Department:
Division / Booth:
Position: Trustee
Lastname, Firstname: Thomas, Greg
Phone: 904-287-7689
Fax:
Email: (e-mail address removed)
Address Line 1: PO Box 600755
Address Line 2:
City, State/Province Zipcode: Jacksonville, FL 32260
Country: USA
Website: "


What i'd like to be able to do;

1.) I would like all info put into excel. I would like

each of the following categories in its own column so

the db can be sorted by one or more of them;

Company:
Industry:
Department:
Division / Booth:
Position:
Lastname, Firstname:
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Address Line 1:
Address Line 2:
City, State/Province Zipcode:
Country:
Website:

2.) I would like both the email addresses and the

website addresses to remain as active links as they are in the

WORD format as well as the online db.

3.) Please note "Lastname and Firstname" are in the

same category (column) .. I would like to separate them into 2

different categories (columns).

4.) Please note "City, State/Providence Zipcode" are in

the same category (column) .. I would like to separate them into

3 different categories (columns). It would be great to be able to

sort the db with "City", "State", and "Zipcode".

5.) Also, i am enclosing the link to the website that

contains the full db ...( http://eeea.org/subscribe.htm ) in order

to view it or download it, you will need to sign up for a free 5

day trail which gives full access ..... i would really like to have

the entire db which would include all countries other than the
United States or in the alternative, all U.S. entries (70,000 plus)
would be fine.

6.) You will note every entry contains a live link with

the following;

"Map It from MapQuest! Map It from Google!
What's the Weather Like? Phone to Google! Fax to Google!"

These would all need to be globally taken out of the db.

In closing, I want to be able to open up the db in excel,

sort by one or more categories and use excels "mail merge"

feature to send the same email to all those queried.


Please let me know if you might be interested in this project or
require any further information.


Thx,

jerry
 

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