On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:39:45 -0500, T.M. wrote:
What is the correct syntax for querying the first 20 characters of a
memo field?
I'm trying to
SELECT CAST (varchar(20) fieldname) as newfieldname
and i get a bunch of errors
Can someone please help me?
MS Access DB used with ColdFusion
Thanks
Hi T.M.,
For Access help, you might want to post to an Access group. This group
is for SQL Server. :-)
In SQL Server, you'd use
SELECT CAST(fieldname AS varchar(20)) AS newfieldname FROM tablename
I have no idea how well that would port to Access.
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Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP