HI Everyone,
I need to import data in a text file. The data has three fields MONTH YEAR ENROLLED under these fields the data looks like this:
MONTH YEAR ENROLLED
----------- ----------- -----------
11 2007 1
2007 1
2007 1
2007 1
2007 1
2007 1
2007 1
* 7
I only need the MONTH YEAR and TOTAL Number under ENROLLED can I write code to search for the star * and then tell the code to give me that number in this case 7? In other words the data would come in looking like this below:
MONTH YEAR ENROLLED
11 2007 7
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I can do that manually but some times I would have 4000 number 1's not just the 7 or 8 number ones you see there. I was thinking if I could search for the star(*) and then get the number next to it in the database that would help. My database table would read like this;MONTH 12, YEAR 2006, ENROLLED 2498. Again, I just need the MONTH, YEAR, ENROLLED numbers so the data would come in 12, 2006, 2498... hope this helps!
Is this a sample of a typical file?
Or might one text file contain many of these "Groupings?
For example:
1
MONTH YEAR ENROLLED
----------- ----------- -----------
12 2006 1
2006 1
2006 1
2006 1
-----------
* 2116
45
MONTH YEAR ENROLLED
----------- ----------- -----------
10 2006 1
2006 1
2006 1
2006 1
2006 1
2006 1
2006 1
-----------
* 2498
Will you be importing one of these files or many?
Please explain the exact steps you want the user to perform to complete this operation.
JeffCoachman
Business Accounts
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by: rockiroadsPosted on 2009-04-29 at 08:04:27ID: 24261270
is your attached txt file the proper format? is it not possible for you to manually change this to a more neatr format, one that access can process?