I am using an update query to parse out the Firstname of a person from a
field (GivenNames) in a list of names. The criteria I am using is
Left([GivenNames],InStr(1,[GivenNames]," ")-1)
This works fine if the person actually has more than one name, but gives me
errors if the person only has one name in the first place and puts a null
into the Firstname field in that instance. How can I get it to just copy
the single name into the Firstname field for cases where the person only has
one first name?
dixie 3 1089
Dixie,
For cases where the person only has one first name, there will be no space.
InStr(1,[GivenNames]," ") returns 0 when there is no space. Maybe you can work
that into what you are doing.
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"dixie" <di****@dogmail.com> wrote in message
news:Lb****************@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au... I am using an update query to parse out the Firstname of a person from a field (GivenNames) in a list of names. The criteria I am using is
Left([GivenNames],InStr(1,[GivenNames]," ")-1)
This works fine if the person actually has more than one name, but gives me errors if the person only has one name in the first place and puts a null into the Firstname field in that instance. How can I get it to just copy the single name into the Firstname field for cases where the person only has one first name?
dixie
"dixie" <di****@dogmail.com> wrote in message
news:Lb****************@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au... I am using an update query to parse out the Firstname of a person from a field (GivenNames) in a list of names. The criteria I am using is
Left([GivenNames],InStr(1,[GivenNames]," ")-1)
This works fine if the person actually has more than one name, but gives
me errors if the person only has one name in the first place and puts a null into the Firstname field in that instance. How can I get it to just copy the single name into the Firstname field for cases where the person only
has one first name?
dixie
I think this will do what you describe:
Iif(InStr([GivenNames], " ") > 0, Left([GivenNames],InStr(1,[GivenNames],"
")-1), [GivenNames])
HTH,
Randy
Sure does, thanks Randy.
I have also learned that I can use an IIf statement in a query which I would
not have suspected previously.
dixie
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news:My*******************@newssvr15.news.prodigy. com... "dixie" <di****@dogmail.com> wrote in message news:Lb****************@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au... I am using an update query to parse out the Firstname of a person from a field (GivenNames) in a list of names. The criteria I am using is
Left([GivenNames],InStr(1,[GivenNames]," ")-1)
This works fine if the person actually has more than one name, but gives me errors if the person only has one name in the first place and puts a
null into the Firstname field in that instance. How can I get it to just
copy the single name into the Firstname field for cases where the person only has one first name?
dixie
I think this will do what you describe:
Iif(InStr([GivenNames], " ") > 0,
Left([GivenNames],InStr(1,[GivenNames]," ")-1), [GivenNames])
HTH, Randy
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