Can you give some sample data? Adrian Jnr Bob The Builder Mr T
Are these like the data you have? You could convert to SQL and still use the concept for this: Left(str, Len(str) - Len(ListLast(str, " ")) - 1) The only difference would be how you do something like ListLast in SQL. Ade -----Original Message----- From: Eric Creese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 February 2005 22:03 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: OT-SQL matching Thanks but I am doing this in SQL where I have to do the match then I can output, Right now I am just trying to query the first table. Problem is when I do the last name if there is no suffix then I get a blank value returned, but if there is a suffix it works fine. SELECT SUBSTRING([last name],1,CHARINDEX(' ',[last name],-1)) as lastname, LEFT([first name],1) AS firstname,city,state FROM NEW_STUDENTS -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:00 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: OT-SQL matching If it's always a one word suffix then try #Left(yourQuery.yourColumn, Len(ListLast(yourQuery.yourColumn, " ") + 1))# Not tested but it looks right. Ade -----Original Message----- From: Eric Creese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 February 2005 21:48 To: CF-Talk Subject: OT-SQL matching For a CF page I am doing I need to out put matched results. However in one table I have last names with a suffix like "MOLINA JR" and in another table the last name and suffix are in different columns. I need to strip out the suffixes as well as the preceding space in the first column. Any ideas. I am trying a few thing and it is not working. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 22/02/2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:196205 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
