Adding base address to hyperlinks

[robertoathome]

Hi all. Just when I thought I was finished I realized that my table, in the hyperlink field, doesn't have the base address in each link. E.g.

I have:
040F-CY181824-MS.JPG
where it should be
T:\SHARED FILES\Administration\Masters and Molds Photos\040F-CY181824-MS.JPG

Since I have over 2000 records I tried to use the below update query but it only updates the "text to display" field and not the acutall "Address". It's supposed to do both.

Can some1 tell me what I'm missing?

Left([HyperLinkField],InStr([HyperLinkField],"#")+56) & [Photo] & "#" & Left([HyperLinkField],InStr([HyperLinkField],"#")+56) & [Photo]

56 is the number of characters of the base address. If I leave 1 it only puts the " T " into the address.

Thanks!

[MMcCarthy]

Hi all. Just when I thought I was finished I realized that my table, in the hyperlink field, doesn't have the base address in each link. E.g.

I have:
040F-CY181824-MS.JPG
where it should be
T:\SHARED FILES\Administration\Masters and Molds Photos\040F-CY181824-MS.JPG

Since I have over 2000 records I tried to use the below update query but it only updates the "text to display" field and not the acutall "Address". It's supposed to do both.

Can some1 tell me what I'm missing?

Left([HyperLinkField],InStr([HyperLinkField],"#")+56) & [Photo] & "#" & Left([HyperLinkField],InStr([HyperLinkField],"#")+56) & [Photo]

56 is the number of characters of the base address. If I leave 1 it only puts the " T " into the address.

Thanks!

What is the full hyperlink value in the [HyperLinkField] can you give an example.

[robertoathome]

What is the full hyperlink value in the [HyperLinkField] can you give an example.

Yeah, I put it in the original post. One of the record is supposed to have:

T:\SHARED FILES\Administration\Masters and Molds Photos\040F-CY181824-MS.JPG

But now I only have:
040F-CY181824-MS.JPG

Thanks!

[MMcCarthy]

Yeah, I put it in the original post. One of the record is supposed to have:

T:\SHARED FILES\Administration\Masters and Molds Photos\040F-CY181824-MS.JPG

But now I only have:
040F-CY181824-MS.JPG

Thanks!

Where does the "#" come in?

[robertoathome]

Where does the "#" come in?

From what I learned the Hyperlink is made of at least 3 fields separated by # .
The first is the "text to display" the second the acutal address.

[MMcCarthy]

From what I learned the Hyperlink is made of at least 3 fields separated by # .
The first is the "text to display" the second the acutal address.

The problem is that the update cannot see that it can only see the displayed text.

[MMcCarthy]

The problem is that the update cannot see that it can only see the displayed text.

If "T:\SHARED FILES\Administration\Masters and Molds Photos\" is the location of all of these files then

SET [Photo]="T:\SHARED FILES\Administration\Masters and Molds Photos\" & [Photo]

Should do what you want.

[robertoathome]

If "T:\SHARED FILES\Administration\Masters and Molds Photos\" is the location of all of these files then

SET [Photo]="T:\SHARED FILES\Administration\Masters and Molds Photos\" & [Photo]

Should do what you want.

I don't know how but it put just a ' 0 ' in the text to display and deleted the original link in the "address" field.

[MMcCarthy]

I don't know how but it put just a ' 0 ' in the text to display and deleted the original link in the "address" field.

I don't know how either.

Did you back up the table/database?

If so try this ...

Create a new field called Photo2

Set [Photo2] = "As before"