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select ID, Description from tablex<br />
where isnumeric([description])=-<wbr />1
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select ID, Description from tablex
where isnumeric([description])=-1

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&gt;&gt;I need to a query that would retrieve only rows that have a description value field that contains <br />
&gt;&gt;a number.<br />
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My code above tests whether the whole entry is numeric. &nbsp;Now, if by &quot;contains a number&quot; you really mean &quot;contains a digit character&quot;, that is a different story:<br />
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SELECT ID, Description<br />
FROM SomeTable<br />
WHERE Description Like &quot;*[0-9]*&quot;<br />

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>>I need to a query that would retrieve only rows that have a description value field that contains
>>a number.

My code above tests whether the whole entry is numeric.  Now, if by "contains a number" you really mean "contains a digit character", that is a different story:

SELECT ID, Description
FROM SomeTable
WHERE Description Like "*[0-9]*"


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I realize this is a bit of a strange request but....<br />
<br />
I have a table that has a text field that contains values that are either text or numbers<br />
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For example<br />
<br />
ID &nbsp;Description<br />
1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2<br />
2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Shop<br />
3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Manager<br />
4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5<br />
<br />
I need to a query that would retrieve only rows that have a description value field that contains a number.<br />
<br />
In the example above,<br />
<br />
ID &nbsp;Description<br />
1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2<br />
4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5
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I realize this is a bit of a strange request but....

I have a table that has a text field that contains values that are either text or numbers

For example

ID  Description
1      2
2      Shop
3      Manager
4      5

I need to a query that would retrieve only rows that have a description value field that contains a number.

In the example above,

ID  Description
1      2
4      5

Access Query to return only numeric values

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