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- From: huynh@falcon.navsses.navy.mil
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- Subject: Forms3 Delete a char of the field data
- Message-ID: <1992Aug12.162132.278@falcon.navsses.navy.mil>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 21:21:32 GMT
- Organization: NSWCCD, Naval Ship Systems Eng Sta, Phila PA
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- Greetings,
-
- I am using sqlforms version 3.0.
- I have a problem which I don't even know where to start. I want to delete a
- char of the enter data into a field.
- eg. Let 's say I have a field that requires data
- HULL: _________; where the users will enter something like HULL: LST-1183,
- I want to delete the "-" sign/char.
- I want the data to be in the form of 'LST1183', but because of the way our data
- bases are set up, the users will enter the HULL in the form of 'LST-1183'. I
- want to delete the "-" sign/char, and also at the time somehow join the
- LST 1183 together so that it is like the user had just entered 'LST1183' and
- not 'LST-1183'.
- I need to convert 'LST-1183' into 'LST1183', so that it corresponds with the
- database HULL to do the query.
-
- I hope I have made myself clear. Anyone who is interested, but didn't quite
- undertand me, please feel free to ask. I will be more than happy to make
- myself clear.
-
- Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-