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Home > Forums > Programmers > DBMS Packages > Microsoft: Access Queries and JET SQL Forum

Need an update query to reformat/convert data in table

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spyder (TechnicalUser)

25 Jan 01 21:34

I need a query to reformat/convert salary data that has been entered as text as 4050092 (which represents $40,500.92) into 40500.92, but keeping it as a text format. Basically, I need something that would take a cell's data, count over two places from the end (right), and insert a decimal point. Any suggestions?

--spyder

braindead2 (TechnicalUser)

26 Jan 01 11:21

This should do it
Right([textfield],Len([textfield])-2) & "." & Left([textfield],2)

replace ["textfield"] with your field name

spyder (TechnicalUser)

26 Jan 01 19:26

Nice try, but, unfortunately, it didn't work. What that query did was take the first two numbers in a field, add them to the end of the field and place a decimal point before them (e.g. 12345678 became 345678.12)

If you have any other ideas, throw them my way. I have a query that does the job right now...however, I have to run it twice and modify it in between each run. That's not as efficient as I want to be.

braindead2 (TechnicalUser)

27 Jan 01 8:51

Sorry not sure what I was thinking at the time. Just reverse the left and right functions.
Left([textfield],Len([textfield])-2) & "." & Right([textfield],2)

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