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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query,
maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this.
Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
Jeff Boyce,
Thanks very much. I think I understand, and it's just what I was looking for. If I understand what an output field is, which i believe I do. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this. Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. . |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
Jeff Boyce,
Seems I don't understand after all. I tried to create a new field: Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName] Table: Employee List A Sort: Show: (v) Criteria: But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to put the text you suggested, or how. Thanks again for following up. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this. Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. . |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of
that query. Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Jeff Boyce, Seems I don't understand after all. I tried to create a new field: Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName] Table: Employee List A Sort: Show: (v) Criteria: But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to put the text you suggested, or how. Thanks again for following up. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this. Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. . |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
Jeff Boyce,
I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes of course. SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last, Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2 FROM [Employee List A] WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F") AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null)); Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of that query. Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Jeff Boyce, Seems I don't understand after all. I tried to create a new field: Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName] Table: Employee List A Sort: Show: (v) Criteria: But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to put the text you suggested, or how. Thanks again for following up. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this. Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. . . |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
If you don't include the most recent changes, it's going to be tough
spotting what might not be working correctly... Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Jeff Boyce, I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes of course. SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last, Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2 FROM [Employee List A] WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F") AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null)); Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of that query. Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Jeff Boyce, Seems I don't understand after all. I tried to create a new field: Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName] Table: Employee List A Sort: Show: (v) Criteria: But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to put the text you suggested, or how. Thanks again for following up. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this. Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. . . |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First
, [Employee List A].Employee_Last , [Employee_First] & " " & [Employee_Last] as FullName , Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1 , [Employee List A].Part_Full , [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth , Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2 FROM [Employee List A] WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F") AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null)); John Spencer Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010 The Hilltop Institute University of Maryland Baltimore County PlarfySoober wrote: Jeff Boyce, I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes of course. SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last, Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2 FROM [Employee List A] WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F") AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null)); Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of that query. Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Jeff Boyce, Seems I don't understand after all. I tried to create a new field: Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName] Table: Employee List A Sort: Show: (v) Criteria: But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to put the text you suggested, or how. Thanks again for following up. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this. Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. . . |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
John Spencer,
Simple when you see it done. Thanks, the solution works perfectly, and delivers the results I want. Life is good. Don. "John Spencer" wrote: SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First , [Employee List A].Employee_Last , [Employee_First] & " " & [Employee_Last] as FullName , Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1 , [Employee List A].Part_Full , [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth , Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2 FROM [Employee List A] WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F") AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null)); John Spencer Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2010 The Hilltop Institute University of Maryland Baltimore County PlarfySoober wrote: Jeff Boyce, I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes of course. SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last, Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2 FROM [Employee List A] WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F") AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null)); Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of that query. Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Jeff Boyce, Seems I don't understand after all. I tried to create a new field: Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName] Table: Employee List A Sort: Show: (v) Criteria: But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to put the text you suggested, or how. Thanks again for following up. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this. Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to print it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. . . . |
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Combining Two Fields in One Calculated Field
Jeff Boyce,
Thanks for sticking with this. The solution is now clear. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: If you don't include the most recent changes, it's going to be tough spotting what might not be working correctly... Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Jeff Boyce, I'm doing it in the Design View. Here is the SQL view, without the changes of course. SELECT [Employee List A].Employee_First, [Employee List A].Employee_Last, Month([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr1, [Employee List A].Part_Full, [Employee List A].Date_of_Birth, Day([Date_of_Birth]) AS Expr2 FROM [Employee List A] WHERE (((Month([Date_of_Birth]))=4) AND (([Employee List A].Part_Full)="F") AND (([Employee List A].[Termination Date]) Is Null)); Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: Where are you doing this? If in a query, please post the SQL statement of that query. Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Jeff Boyce, Seems I don't understand after all. I tried to create a new field: Field: WholeName: [FirstName] & " " & [LastName] Table: Employee List A Sort: Show: (v) Criteria: But the system changed the field to "LastName". So I don't get where to put the text you suggested, or how. Thanks again for following up. Don. "Jeff Boyce" wrote: It's rarely necessary or a good idea to store a calculated value like this. Instead, use a query. You could: * create a new query in design view * add the table(s) that has these fields * create a new output field, perhaps like: NewField: [FName] & " " & [LName] Good luck! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "PlarfySoober" wrote in message ... Somebody wrote on this forum recently how to do this. In a table or a query, maybe both, and it was really simple and clever but I failed to it for my notes. Take FName+" "+ LName, call them by another name (field name?) so that when I create a report, I don't have to worry about where to place the elements of a name so they look smooth and all melody and fine. Is this possible in a mere table? If not, please how do you do it in a query, and I promise to print it. TYIA. Don. . . . |
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