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theforestecologist
theforestecologist

Reputation: 4957

How do I capitalize all text in a column of data in an Access Query while keeping the name of the field the same?

How do I capitalize all text in a column of data in an Access Query while keeping the name of the field the same?

I tried entering "SPEC: StrConv([SPEC],3), but I get an error that I have a circular argument (which, isn't too surprising). So how do I get around this?

Is there a totally different approach to capitalizing in queries?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 436

Answers (2)

james_keegan
james_keegan

Reputation: 58

  • Given: we have a field named [SPEC].
  • Problem: need query to grab [SPEC] and convert it to all caps, but with the same field name
  • Added: We will call the table that holds the field [SPEC], [tblTable]

Solution: What we need to put in the query builder is the following:

SPEC: UCase([tblTable].[SPEC])

That way the machine can figure out that Query.SPEC isn't the same identifier as tblTable.SPEC

Equivalently:

SELECT UCase([tblNames].[FirstName]) AS FirstName
FROM tblNames;

Upvotes: 2

John
John

Reputation: 1004

How about using the Ucase function

Ucase(String)

Upvotes: 0

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