My access table when exported to a comma delimited field gets all messed up
because some of the fields have
the double quote character - ". Used for measurements and other things. I
guess I will have to strip them out.
How can I replace the " for a blank space? I am having trouble doing it
with the replace command in a sql statement.
sqlstatement = "update table set table.[item] = replace(table.[item]," &
"""""""" & "," + """""" + ")"
this gives an error.
what to do?
4  1601 
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:19:43 GMT, Jim's wife wrote: My access table when exported to a comma delimited field gets all messed up
because some of the fields have
the double quote character - ". Used for measurements and other things. I
guess I will have to strip them out.
How can I replace the " for a blank space? I am having trouble doing it
with the replace command in a sql statement.
sqlstatement = "update table set table.[item] = replace(table.[item]," &
"""""""" & "," + """""" + ")"
this gives an error.
what to do?
How are you doing the exporting in the first place? Are the fields in
question of a non-number data type (ie. string)? If it thinks it is a
string, then it will put "" around the value by default. Access allows you
to use export specifications in the same way that the import feature does,
so you could specify what fields are numbers, and it should not place ""
around the data.
--
Mike Storr
veraccess.com
The field is all text and has measurements: 5 1/2" and quotes like tihs
"this is a test", so when access puts the " around each field, it gets
screwed up when it sees the above, and I cannot omit the quotes around the
fields because I have a few commas in the text too.
I need a sql string that will replace the " with a blank.
Thakns a bunch
"Mike Storr" <st******@sympa tico.ca> wrote in message
news:19******** *************** *******@40tude. net... On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:19:43 GMT, Jim's wife wrote:
My access table when exported to a comma delimited field gets all messed
up because some of the fields have
the double quote character - ". Used for measurements and other things.
I guess I will have to strip them out.
How can I replace the " for a blank space? I am having trouble doing it
with the replace command in a sql statement.
sqlstatement = "update table set table.[item] = replace(table.[item]," &
"""""""" & "," + """""" + ")"
this gives an error.
what to do?
How are you doing the exporting in the first place? Are the fields in
question of a non-number data type (ie. string)? If it thinks it is a
string, then it will put "" around the value by default. Access allows you
to use export specifications in the same way that the import feature does,
so you could specify what fields are numbers, and it should not place ""
around the data.
--
Mike Storr
veraccess.com
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 15:18:48 GMT, Jim's wife wrote: The field is all text and has measurements: 5 1/2" and quotes like tihs
"this is a test", so when access puts the " around each field, it gets
screwed up when it sees the above, and I cannot omit the quotes around the
fields because I have a few commas in the text too.
I need a sql string that will replace the " with a blank.
Thakns a bunch
"Mike Storr" <st******@sympa tico.ca> wrote in message
news:19******** *************** *******@40tude. net... On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:19:43 GMT, Jim's wife wrote:
My access table when exported to a comma delimited field gets all messed up because some of the fields have
the double quote character - ". Used for measurements and other things. I guess I will have to strip them out.
How can I replace the " for a blank space? I am having trouble doing it
with the replace command in a sql statement.
sqlstatement = "update table set table.[item] = replace(table.[item]," &
"""""""" & "," + """""" + ")"
this gives an error.
what to do?
How are you doing the exporting in the first place? Are the fields in
question of a non-number data type (ie. string)? If it thinks it is a
string, then it will put "" around the value by default. Access allows you
to use export specifications in the same way that the import feature does,
so you could specify what fields are numbers, and it should not place ""
around the data.
--
Mike Storr
veraccess.com
OK, what is "screwed up" about it. In the csv or txt file you create, ""
indicate empty string fields (you probably have AllowZeroLength set to Yes
on these fields in your table), this is normal, and not really a problem
unless you try to import them to something that does not allow empty
strings. I beleive if you actually want to make them Null, then create an
Update query that sets the desired fields to NULL if they are "" (empty).
--
Mike Storr
veraccess.com
On Jan 26 2004, 07:19 am, "Jim's wife" <ta*****@mindsp ring.com> wrote in
news:zB******** ************@ne ws4.srv.hcvlny. cv.net: My access table when exported to a comma delimited field gets all
messed up because some of the fields have
the double quote character - ". Used for measurements and other
things. I guess I will have to strip them out.
How can I replace the " for a blank space?
You can try TextExport class from http://www.users.cloud9.net/~dfurman/code.htm instead of using
TransferText. It will allow you to specify a string that will replace field
delimiters found in the exported data, so you could replace commas with
something else. Another option is to use a different field delimiter, such
as Tab.
--
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