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GMAN33

GMAN33

IS-IT--Management
Dec 4, 2002
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Hi All

Crystal Dev XI/Oracle 10 DB/Oracle Native Client connection

I have a {subject} field that is like this

ABC004-12345-02

I need to trim/split to obtain

04-12345

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks
 
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If the field always takes that exact form then this will work - find the first "-", then go back two characters and then go forward eight characters.

mid({yourfield},instr({yourfield},"-") - 2,8)

 
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That is a BEAUTIFUL thing!!! Thank you very much for the quick response!!! Greatly appreciate it!!!
 
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