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Old June 3rd, 2010, 08:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
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Default Pulling specific data from table field

I am having a problem figuring the right way to pull specific data from
within the text of the table's field and separating it into a unique field
alone.

Anyway, my problem is that I need to copy a user's first name out of a field
that contains system user information, and then pull the last name out
separately as well, both uniquely. I don't mind having separate queries to do
this (although one would be preferred of course).

Table: tbl1
Field: userinfo

Example of field data: ABD 000000 111, Doe John, R, W, T22222222, T333333

The ABC and 111 are constants within the field, and the 000000 is a serial
number with a standard length of 6.

I currently have a sql query that pulls the serial number:
UPDATE tbl1
SET tbl1.[Serrial Number] = Right(Left([tbl1].[userinfo],10),6);

Obviously this won't work with for a last name or first name because the
number of letters within a name can change... so I'm stumped as how to
correctly format a query to copy the last name and first name into a separate
field.

Any thoughts?

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