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Search and Replace in queries, etc?
Hi all,
I'm looking for a (preferably) free download or other option to try and go through and do an S&R throughout an entire database. What I'm doing is carrying over one database to five different regions, and need to go through and rename tables/criteria in queries/reports etc. with very specific details. I'm doing it manually right now, and it's taken me about 9 hours to do one (lots of complicated relationships, need to make sure I capture everything). If there was some way that I could run a program that will go thru and change every REGION_1 to REGION_2a, that would be totally sweet..... Any ideas, or is this going to be an all day/lots of coffee/no sleep sorta deal? Thanks all, Chris -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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Ucora's Find and Replace Add-in Wizard is free
http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/starthere/findandreplace/ (must add that I have no experience with it, so I can't comment on its quality) I like Find & Replace http://www.rickworld.com/products.html There's also Speed Ferret http://www.moshannon.com/speedferret.html although it's a bit more expensive. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "ChrisBat via AccessMonster.com" u14094@uwe wrote in message news:54fee4142fd29@uwe... Hi all, I'm looking for a (preferably) free download or other option to try and go through and do an S&R throughout an entire database. What I'm doing is carrying over one database to five different regions, and need to go through and rename tables/criteria in queries/reports etc. with very specific details. I'm doing it manually right now, and it's taken me about 9 hours to do one (lots of complicated relationships, need to make sure I capture everything). If there was some way that I could run a program that will go thru and change every REGION_1 to REGION_2a, that would be totally sweet..... Any ideas, or is this going to be an all day/lots of coffee/no sleep sorta deal? Thanks all, Chris -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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Sweet!! Thank you (I have just found something that as an admin will make my
life easier - check out www.rjlsoftware.com - they have an app called Net Send Lite, which allows you to send a message up to 256 characters to multiple users - very cool for notifying people quickly of things...that is, if they read the message....) Thanks again, Chris Douglas J. Steele wrote: Ucora's Find and Replace Add-in Wizard is free http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/starthere/findandreplace/ (must add that I have no experience with it, so I can't comment on its quality) I like Find & Replace http://www.rickworld.com/products.html There's also Speed Ferret http://www.moshannon.com/speedferret.html although it's a bit more expensive. Hi all, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] Thanks all, Chris -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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V-Tools
http://www.skrol29.com/us/vtools.php Does this, and it's free "Douglas J. Steele" wrote in message ... Ucora's Find and Replace Add-in Wizard is free http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/starthere/findandreplace/ (must add that I have no experience with it, so I can't comment on its quality) I like Find & Replace http://www.rickworld.com/products.html There's also Speed Ferret http://www.moshannon.com/speedferret.html although it's a bit more expensive. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "ChrisBat via AccessMonster.com" u14094@uwe wrote in message news:54fee4142fd29@uwe... Hi all, I'm looking for a (preferably) free download or other option to try and go through and do an S&R throughout an entire database. What I'm doing is carrying over one database to five different regions, and need to go through and rename tables/criteria in queries/reports etc. with very specific details. I'm doing it manually right now, and it's taken me about 9 hours to do one (lots of complicated relationships, need to make sure I capture everything). If there was some way that I could run a program that will go thru and change every REGION_1 to REGION_2a, that would be totally sweet..... Any ideas, or is this going to be an all day/lots of coffee/no sleep sorta deal? Thanks all, Chris -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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Chris
From your description, it sounds like your database/table design might be customized to each region. What about the possibility of creating a generic set of tables and adding a field that you use to specify region? That way, your queries, etc. would work for all, without changes. Or have I misunderstood? Regards Jeff Boyce MS Office/Access MVP "ChrisBat via AccessMonster.com" u14094@uwe wrote in message news:54fee4142fd29@uwe... Hi all, I'm looking for a (preferably) free download or other option to try and go through and do an S&R throughout an entire database. What I'm doing is carrying over one database to five different regions, and need to go through and rename tables/criteria in queries/reports etc. with very specific details. I'm doing it manually right now, and it's taken me about 9 hours to do one (lots of complicated relationships, need to make sure I capture everything). If there was some way that I could run a program that will go thru and change every REGION_1 to REGION_2a, that would be totally sweet..... Any ideas, or is this going to be an all day/lots of coffee/no sleep sorta deal? Thanks all, Chris -- Message posted via http://www.accessmonster.com |
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