Access Expert 14
01. Scrubbing Data (15:49)
Cleaning Data with Update Query
Inconsistent Data Formats
Fax Numbers with Different Formats
Clean them to look uniform
Backup Your Data!
REPLACE() Function
Replace one string with another
Watch Field Names Carefully
Make sure you use [Brackets]
Null values can cause problems
LEN() Function
Length of String
Show FaxNumbers 7 digits long
02. Change Email Domains (12:39)
Hyperlink fields are not simple text
CSTR() Function
Convert to String
HyperlinkPart() Function
Change Domain Name
amicron.com change to 599cd.com
NZ() Function
Null to Zero
03. Separate First and Last Names (19:29)
Create Person Table
Put First and Last Names Together
INSTR() Function
Determine the position of the SPACE char
LEFT() Function
RIGHT() Function
MID() Function (Discussion)
Check for Prefix, Suffix, Middle Initial
04. Fix Non-Relational Table (9:51)
Employees and Departments
Turn Department Names into IDs
Query Join on Text Values
Update to IDs from other table
05. Daily Student Attendance (18:34)
Create Student Table
Attendance Table
Make Append Query
Append To Table Name
Current Database
Another Database (Discussion)
Only Students from One Class
Criteria in Append Query
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