appelonia21
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Foxpro - Searching for numbers in separate column
Here is my issue: I have a dbf table with following fields:
Part Number Orig Information
123 Seat, 123, Viton
456 Seat, 04567, Viton
I am trying to flag a field when the Part Number (123) is identified in the original field so that I can easily find items that need to be corrected. The 456 is incorrectly entered into the Part Number field, it should be 04567 but I need to identify the ones that we need to look at.
Part Number Orig Information
123 Seat, 123, Viton
456 Seat, 04567, Viton
I am trying to flag a field when the Part Number (123) is identified in the original field so that I can easily find items that need to be corrected. The 456 is incorrectly entered into the Part Number field, it should be 04567 but I need to identify the ones that we need to look at.
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No unfortunately it isn't. It is a raw data field and can be in any format, I just want to be able to search within it for the match
@I just want to be able to search within it for the match
Are there any sure delimiters? If not you should create some code to check into any string to strip out the value to match
For example this query will select every record where part number is contained into Orig Information
Are there any sure delimiters? If not you should create some code to check into any string to strip out the value to match
For example this query will select every record where part number is contained into Orig Information
select * from table1 where [Orig Information] LIKE "*"+[Part Number]+"*"select * from table1 where [Orig Information] not LIKE "* "+[Part Number]+",*"
The ampersand (&) is the standard Access concatenation character. The plus (+) can be used but it handles nulls differently so unless you need the special treatment of nulls, it is best to stick with standard.
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The only solution or help suitable for FoxPro environment is in the post https:#a41826808. It explains how to define filters on the data in question to display data which follow given filter condition.
Other answers did not reflect FoxPro environment so they cannot work.
appelonia21, if you have additional questions to this subject ask then, if not then please close the question and mark the solution.
Other answers did not reflect FoxPro environment so they cannot work.
appelonia21, if you have additional questions to this subject ask then, if not then please close the question and mark the solution.
Unfortunately, just one correct solution suitable for FoxPro was provided. Other solutions do not work correctly in FoxPro or they suppose FoxPro knows VBA etc. Assisted points were assigned for the good Access solution.
If so you can do something like
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