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From: Afrosheen via AccessMonster.com on 3 Jun 2010 17:03
I have an excel file that I imported into Access. There are 5 fields.
Item 1-5
The item names are in column 1 and column 3. I need to combine the two
columns in to just one column. Can this be done?

Thanks for your help and reply.

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From: KARL DEWEY on 3 Jun 2010 18:52
Use a calculated field --
Combined: [column 1] & " - " & [column 3]

Or omit the dash and use one space or comma and a space as you wish it to be
displayed.

You could add a new field in your table and run an update query but that is
probably not a good idea as it is always harder to split data when needed
than to combine as above for display.

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"Afrosheen via AccessMonster.com" wrote:

> I have an excel file that I imported into Access. There are 5 fields.
> Item 1-5
> The item names are in column 1 and column 3. I need to combine the two
> columns in to just one column. Can this be done?
>
> Thanks for your help and reply.
>
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> http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/access-tablesdbdesign/201006/1
>
> .
>
From: Afrosheen via AccessMonster.com on 4 Jun 2010 09:29
Thanks Karl. That worked perfectly.


KARL DEWEY wrote:
>Use a calculated field --
> Combined: [column 1] & " - " & [column 3]
>
>Or omit the dash and use one space or comma and a space as you wish it to be
>displayed.
>
>You could add a new field in your table and run an update query but that is
>probably not a good idea as it is always harder to split data when needed
>than to combine as above for display.
>
>> I have an excel file that I imported into Access. There are 5 fields.
>> Item 1-5
>> The item names are in column 1 and column 3. I need to combine the two
>> columns in to just one column. Can this be done?
>>
>> Thanks for your help and reply.

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