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1 post replyReplyTue 8 Dec 2009, 16:45Delegate Bernard said...

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in excel i can count charactures in a range like "/" . How I do this on an access table?

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633 posts replyReplyWed 9 Dec 2009, 10:26Trainer Simon said...

RE: counting

Hi Bernard,

Thank you for your question.

There is no CountIf function in Access but you could use the IIF nested within the Count function.

Here is a link to a forum page with some ideas:

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=100040

http://www.techonthenet.com/access/functions/numeric/count.php

I hope this helps.

Regards

Simon

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