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How do I make all the text in my table upper case?
I've got a table with 9,000 records in 10 fields. I need to convert all the
text to upper case. I've read I that I need to run an update query. It's easy to start an update query in design view. But what do I type in the Update To column? And I don't know what to put in the Field colum. Can I drag the * down and do the whole table--or must I go do field by field? |
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How do I make all the text in my table upper case?
first, before you do anything else: BACK UP your database. this is
essential when you're building/testing any action query, so if you mess it up, you haven't lost/ruined any data. in the query design view, you need to pull each field into the grid separately, rather than using *. in the Update To row of each field, enter the following expression, as UCase([TableName].[FieldName]) change TableName to the correct name of the table, obviously. in each column, change FieldName to the name of the field in the top row of the column. hth "Nicole" wrote in message ... I've got a table with 9,000 records in 10 fields. I need to convert all the text to upper case. I've read I that I need to run an update query. It's easy to start an update query in design view. But what do I type in the Update To column? And I don't know what to put in the Field colum. Can I drag the * down and do the whole table--or must I go do field by field? |
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How do I make all the text in my table upper case?
Nicole
In addition to tina's response, please consider... If you are only concerned about appearance (i.e., you want to SEE ALL UPPERCASE), you don't need to modify the data. You can use a regular select query and tina's UCase() function to change the appearance only. Regards Jeff Boyce Office/Access MVP "Nicole" wrote in message ... I've got a table with 9,000 records in 10 fields. I need to convert all the text to upper case. I've read I that I need to run an update query. It's easy to start an update query in design view. But what do I type in the Update To column? And I don't know what to put in the Field colum. Can I drag the * down and do the whole table--or must I go do field by field? |
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How do I make all the text in my table upper case?
Thank you, thank you.
"Nicole" wrote: I've got a table with 9,000 records in 10 fields. I need to convert all the text to upper case. I've read I that I need to run an update query. It's easy to start an update query in design view. But what do I type in the Update To column? And I don't know what to put in the Field colum. Can I drag the * down and do the whole table--or must I go do field by field? |
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