Use the Instr function in combination with the Left$ function
Instr(1,"123/456","/") returns 4, which is the chanacter position of the "/"
So, Update TableName Set FirstPart = left$(Data,InStr(1,Data,"/")-1)
will update the column FirstPart in table Tablename with everything before the first /
Matt
Carolyn Bergin wrote:
Hi guys
I have a dataset that contains a field with references like 1/375 and 2/540 etc. I need to update another column with the just number preceeding the /. Is there any way I can do this using an SQL. The dataset is huge and im trying to save some time rather than going through and manually updating them all.
Thanks in advance
Carolyn
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