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 Converting non-numeric data to numeric in Access

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dus512
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Posted - 2007-10-23 : 15:34:55
Hello --

I can handle this task quite easily in SQL Server, but I do not know how to do this for Access. I have a column of data in Access that is primarily used to store numeric data; however, the column has several rows of data that have non-numeric content. In addition, the numeric data often has commas and dollar signs and these need to be stripped (but, decimals need to stay in place).

In Access, how can I write a query to read each row of data and remove the non-numeric characters (excluding decimals)?

Sample Rows of Data:

Column name: MonthlySalary; Table name: JobDetails
$13,002.23
N/A
TBA
9,053

Thanks for any help you can provide!

Scott

SwePeso
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30421 Posts

Posted - 2007-10-24 : 01:37:26
Have you tried the ISNUMERIC function yet?



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