Jeff Monroe wrote:
I am trying to create an Update Query that will strip out certain
characters from a string in a text field (specifically hyphens and
slashes) while leaving the rest of the data in the record alone. The
characters do not exist in all records and they are located in
different positions in the field.

Examples: 1234-01, 12345-01, ABC/D, WX-YZ.
Desired Result: 123401, 1234501, ABCD, WXYZ.

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Try this:

UPDATE table_name
SET column_name = Replace(Replace(column_name, "-",""),"/","")
WHERE column_name LIKE "*[/-]*"

Substitute your table name and column name where appropriate.

See the VBA Help article on the Replace Function for more info.

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