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I'm need to be able to run a query that compares some time data. The
problem is the format of the text. The text it being pulled from an
ODBC source so I can't change the original data to match. One set of
data is formatted to hh.mm (10.33) and the other is hhmmss (103400) I
need to find a way to match the second format to the first. I've tired
changing the field type in the table and it just drops needed
information. Can anyone thing of a way to change the data?

Sep 14 '06 #1
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Bill wrote:
I'm need to be able to run a query that compares some time data. The
problem is the format of the text. The text it being pulled from an
ODBC source so I can't change the original data to match. One set of
data is formatted to hh.mm (10.33) and the other is hhmmss (103400) I
need to find a way to match the second format to the first. I've tired
changing the field type in the table and it just drops needed
information. Can anyone thing of a way to change the data?
You can create an expression in a query. Ex:
NewHhMm : Left(hhmmss,2) & "." & mid(hhmmss,3,2)
or you can run an update query with the same type of formatting

Sep 14 '06 #2

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