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    Query 2 tables where the search string is "contained" in rather than only "equals"?

    Hi, I'm trying to tidy up some data and ... as you may well spot(!) I'm pretty new to Access. I've got 1 table [called old] which has 2 fields: SKU_old and the associated drawing numbers: drawing_ref And the other table [called new] which 1 field: SKU_new I can see how to set up the...
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    Access Replace Strings Of Characters

    Hi, we are cleaning up some data. And to help us to identify patterns, we would like something that could [NB we will keep the original data, but update these results to a different field!] Change any letter a-z, A-Z to "L" Change any digits 0-9 to "9" Change any remaining characters such as...
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    Question Update Query to replace letters & digits...

    Hi, we have a field of 7m records of varying length, some of which are numbers, some just letters, some alphanumeric, and most which include a dash, space or some sort of punctuation mark. We need to replace all letters with "L", then replace all digits with "@". We can replace characters...
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    Question How To Get A Sample Of A Database

    Evening! We have a database which has around 500,000 records on it, around a dozen tables, and half a dozen forms. I've been asked to get a sample of the database (comprising 100 or so records) that includes all of the structure from the tables, forms & records. Is there any way to do...
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    Help organising customer reports arrghhhhh!!!

    Hi, we have an issue which we think Access can help dig us out of :banghead: …. arrgghhhhh!!! Sorry, had to get that off my chest :-) Effectively, we sell washers & we have to run through a dozen or so monthly reports (that our customers send us) to work out a) forecasts for the production...
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