[AccessD] Remove last Letter

Arthur Fuller artful at rogers.com
Wed Feb 19 19:07:00 CST 2003


UPDATE mytable
SET myColumn = IIF( Right(myColumn,1) = "8", Left(myColumn,Len(myColumn)-1),
myColumn)
That should work in Jet. For SQL Server you have to use CASE WHEN THEN.

Hth,
Arthur

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Paulin Hudsen
Sent: February 19, 2003 7:47 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Remove last Letter

Hi,

I have a column in my Fixed Assets List.  The column
has The Asset Number.  Many of the asset numbers end
with 8.  Now I am requested to remove the 8 if it is
the last digit.

How can I do that using an update query.

Thanks
Paulin

__________________________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day
http://shopping.yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
AccessD mailing list
AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd
Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com




More information about the AccessD mailing list