Is there a "text to column" equivalent in Access

[E-man]

In Excel you can use the "text to column" to split cells across columns.
How do you do this in Access?
I have fields with a format of xxxx-xxx and want to split these into 2
fields minus the -.

 

[John Vinson]

In Excel you can use the "text to column" to split cells across columns.
How do you do this in Access?
I have fields with a format of xxxx-xxx and want to split these into 2
fields minus the -.

Not builtin, but an Update query will do this. Add the two fields to
your table, and create an Update query. Update the field for the left
portion to

Left([fieldname], InStr([fieldname], "-") - 1)

and the other portion to

Mid([fieldname], InStr([fieldname], "-") + 1)

John W. Vinson[MVP]
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