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Access - Delete Dates Cells Formatted as Short Text
I have a [Date] field that is Short Text that was derived with the formula:
Format([YourDatefield],"m/
From an original field [Dt].
I now need to remove from the [Date] field any dates prior to 1/2015, but am unable to successfully do this with < 1/2015 as the criteria.
Please advise.
Thank you.
Format([YourDatefield],"m/
From an original field [Dt].
I now need to remove from the [Date] field any dates prior to 1/2015, but am unable to successfully do this with < 1/2015 as the criteria.
Please advise.
Thank you.
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are deleting the records with date < 1/2015 or you want to clear the field with values < 1/2015
btw, did you try < "1/2015"
also try
where format([date],"yyyymm") < "201501"
btw, did you try < "1/2015"
also try
where format([date],"yyyymm") < "201501"
Since the format of the date field I created was m/yyyy
I tried this
Where Format([Date],"m/yyyy") < "1/2015"
And got an error on syntax.
I tried this
Where Format([Date],"m/yyyy") < "1/2015"
And got an error on syntax.
Forgot to mention - I tried the first one first - and received the same syntax error. I then tried the one I created to see if that would work.
Both did not.
Both did not.
you can NOT delete a field only with criteria, you will be deleting the RECORD.
you can DELETE the values of a field. By setting the value to NULL or a empty string ""
what you posted is not the same as i have posted. Look carefully
you can DELETE the values of a field. By setting the value to NULL or a empty string ""
what you posted is not the same as i have posted. Look carefully
Let me clarify - delete the record where this date criteria is met.
I tried the one you posted as well.
Both did not work.
This is what I tried from you:
where format([date],"yyyymm") < "201501"
I tried the one you posted as well.
Both did not work.
This is what I tried from you:
where format([date],"yyyymm") < "201501"
Unfortunately I cannot - this is sensitive data.
I actually just thought of this, I back tracked, and as mentioned in my question post, the 1/2015 was created from an original [Dt] field - which is in Date format.
I tried
< 1/1/2015, since the records will be the same for the calculated [Date] field that is in Short Text format. However, the records with dates less than 1/1/2015 are still not deleted.
Hope this makes sense.
I actually just thought of this, I back tracked, and as mentioned in my question post, the 1/2015 was created from an original [Dt] field - which is in Date format.
I tried
< 1/1/2015, since the records will be the same for the calculated [Date] field that is in Short Text format. However, the records with dates less than 1/1/2015 are still not deleted.
Hope this makes sense.
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