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SquirrelMasterSquirrelMaster 

Taking 4 characters from another field

For instance, say I have a field that is populated with "2012-Example."   I want to create a new field now that will only populate with 2012, and not the rest of the field value(Example).  Can this be done?

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Steve :-/Steve :-/

Yeah, use a LEFT function like this

LEFT(FieldName,4)

 

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Steve :-/Steve :-/

Yeah, use a LEFT function like this

LEFT(FieldName,4)

 

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SquirrelMasterSquirrelMaster

Thanks Stevemo!  That sure was easy. 
Steve :-/Steve :-/

No problem, now for the REAL challenge...  getting me some of these!

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/863/7971  

 

 
SquirrelMasterSquirrelMaster

I had some of that out in San Fran when I was out there for DF.  Pliney is some good stuff. 
Steve :-/Steve :-/

yeah, unfortunately I'm back on East Coast and down to my last 3 Pliny's from DF11