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    Amending from One Field to Another

    I need help figuring out how to add a prefix to an existing description in a project table, generated from the project number.
    Here's a sample of my data:

    PROJECT NUMBER DESCRIPTION
    01200000 Completed Projects
    01601530 Steele Sub

    I would like the Descriptions to read:
    01200000 MO-20 Completed Projects
    01601530 MO-60 Steele Sub

    The state, “MO,” comes from the first two digits “01” and the coop, “60,” comes from the second two digits. I have a table of a thousand or so projects in an Access database that I need to amend the descriptions of to include these prefixes. Is there a simple way to do this in Access or in Excel without writing code?

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    Re: Amending from One Field to Another

    Hi
    I can try to solve this for you provided you upload sample data. Not all but atleast few...
    Click *, if my suggestion helps you. Have a good day!!

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    Re: Amending from One Field to Another

    See http://www.accessforums.net/showthre...ending-a-Field
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