Split a text string into two fields

[tongaman]

Hi.

I would like to get some help to split a text field into two separate fields

I have a table called CUSTOMERS with a field text field called ACCOUNT_NO

The ACCOUNT_NO field is 9 charatcers long
I want to be able to write a query to split the current values in the ACCOUN_NO fields into two fields PREFIX and BASENUM.

Please refer to example below:
***Current State ****
ACCOUN_NO
123456789
***Desired Result ******
PREFIX BASENUM
123 456789

I wrote the query code below but received the following error message:
"Compile error. in query expression 'Left(ACCOUNT_NO],3)':


SELECT Customer.ACCOUNT_NO, Left([ACCOUNT_NO],3) AS Prefix, Right([ACCOUNT_NO],Len([ACCOUNT_NO])-3) AS BaseNum
FROM Customer;


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[tongaman]

Apologies for the typing error. The field should be ACCOUNT_NO and not ACCOUN_NO.

Cheers...

 

[dhookom]

If you get an error when using Left(), it usually suggests a references issue. Check Doug Steele's page

http://www.accessmvp.com/djsteele/AccessReferenceErrors.html.

Duane MS Access MVP
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