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Thread: How to Find & Replace a Particular Phrase in Access 2003

Started 1 month, 1 week ago by lbohen
I have a database of over 10K records, each has the following phrase that I want to change from border="0" /centerstrongfont color="#990000"Free USA Shipping, Orders $50 or more!/font/strong/center/pp to border="0" / There must be a character that is preventing the finding of the phrase as the search does NOT find it and I know it is in each record. How do I find & replace...
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John W. Vinson external usenet poster replied 1 month, 1 week ago
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:15:01 -0800, lbohen wrote: I have a database of over 10K records, each has the following phrase that I want to change from border="0" /centerstrongfont color="#990000"Free USA Shipping, Orders $50 or more!/font/strong/center/pp to border="0" / There must be a character that is preventing the finding of the phrase as the search does NOT find it and...

Frank H replied 1 month, 1 week ago
It appears as if you have used Find and Replace. Have you tried an update query? Make a backup of your table first!!!! In the query design view add the table containing your field. In the query menu, Query menu, change the query type to update. Add the field you want to change. As criteria enter the expression you are searching for, e.g.: Like "border="0" /centerstrongfont color="#...

 

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How to Find & Replace a...
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I have a database of over 10K records, each has the following phrase that I want to change from border="0" /centerstrongfont color="#990000"Free USA Shipping, Orders $50 or more!/font/strong/center/pp to border="0" / There must be a character that is preventing the finding of the phrase as the search does NOT find it and I know it is in each record. How do I find & replace the...
John W. Vinson
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How to Find & Replace a...
Published (2009-11-09 00:03:00)
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:15:01 -0800, lbohen wrote: I have a database of over 10K records, each has the following phrase that I want to change from border="0" /centerstrongfont color="#990000"Free USA Shipping, Orders $50 or more!/font/strong/center/pp to border="0" / There must be a character that is preventing the finding of the phrase as the search does NOT find it and I know it is in each...
Frank H
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How to Find & Replace a...
Published (2009-11-09 01:13:00)
It appears as if you have used Find and Replace. Have you tried an update query? Make a backup of your table first!!!! In the query design view add the table containing your field. In the query menu, Query menu, change the query type to update. Add the field you want to change. As criteria enter the expression you are searching for, e.g.: Like "border="0" /centerstrongfont color="#990000"Free USA...
Frank H external usenet poster
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How to Find & Replace a...
Published (2009-11-09 01:13:00)
It appears as if you have used Find and Replace. Have you tried an update query? Make a backup of your table first!!!! In the query design view add the table containing your field. In the query menu, Query menu, change the query type to update. Add the field you want to change. As criteria enter the expression you are searching for, e.g.: Like "border="0" /centerstrongfont color="#990000"Free USA...
John W. Vinson external usenet...
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How to Find & Replace a...
Published (2009-11-09 00:03:00)
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 14:15:01 -0800, lbohen wrote: I have a database of over 10K records, each has the following phrase that I want to change from border="0" /centerstrongfont color="#990000"Free USA Shipping, Orders $50 or more!/font/strong/center/pp to border="0" / There must be a character that is preventing the finding of the phrase as the search does NOT find it and I know it is in each...

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