How do I trim a number from 13 digits to 12 using a query?

Shannon Scheer

Hi

i am converting some data in our POS System which currently uses 13
digits for UPC codes (eg 0000000001234) however our Barcode software
requires the UPC to be 12 digits (000000001234) I would like to run a
querie that can take all of the current UPC's in our system and place
them in a new table with the extra zero removed from the front of the
upc. How can I do this the easiest? My tables are as follows

Products (tablename)
UPC

Barcode (tablename)
UPC

As mentioned above I just need to trim the furthest left 0 from the
results.
Thanks

Shannon

Nov 12 '05 #1

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Steve Jorgensen

On 19 Jan 2004 14:40:58 -0800, sh*****@cybertram.com (Shannon Scheer) wrote:

Hi

i am converting some data in our POS System which currently uses 13
digits for UPC codes (eg 0000000001234) however our Barcode software
requires the UPC to be 12 digits (000000001234) I would like to run a
querie that can take all of the current UPC's in our system and place
them in a new table with the extra zero removed from the front of the
upc. How can I do this the easiest? My tables are as follows

Products (tablename)
UPC

Barcode (tablename)
UPC

As mentioned above I just need to trim the furthest left 0 from the
results.
Thanks

Shannon

If it is a given that the first character is always a zero (and I'm not sure
how you would handle it if it's not), then you just need Mid(UPC,2). That
returns the substring starting at position 2, and (since the length argument
is omitted) continuing to the end of the string.

Nov 12 '05 #2

Shannon Scheer

Steve Jorgensen <no****@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:<0k********************************@4ax.com>. ..

On 19 Jan 2004 14:40:58 -0800, sh*****@cybertram.com (Shannon Scheer) wrote:
Hi

i am converting some data in our POS System which currently uses 13
digits for UPC codes (eg 0000000001234) however our Barcode software
requires the UPC to be 12 digits (000000001234) I would like to run a
querie that can take all of the current UPC's in our system and place
them in a new table with the extra zero removed from the front of the
upc. How can I do this the easiest? My tables are as follows

Products (tablename)
UPC

Barcode (tablename)
UPC

As mentioned above I just need to trim the furthest left 0 from the
results.
Thanks

Shannon

If it is a given that the first character is always a zero (and I'm not sure
how you would handle it if it's not), then you just need Mid(UPC,2). That
returns the substring starting at position 2, and (since the length argument
is omitted) continuing to the end of the string.

That worked like a charm!! THANKS

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