Showing posts with label Find and Replace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Find and Replace. Show all posts

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Find and Replace

The examples below are related to using Access's built-in Find and Replace functions.

Select a field and then Ctrl+F to open the Find and Replace Dialog.

Example Find:  Find Nulls (Nulls look like a blank empty fields)

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Example Find and Replace an empty field (empty = blank)


Enter closed quotes "" (double quotes) in Find and Replace empty fields.



To Find and Replace anything (except Nulls) use the asterisk *


Change Multiple Records

To change multiple records unlock the records and select a column in the lower window.

Then select Ctrl+F

Tip:  Filter the records to chose which records are being updated.


Use Find and Replace dialog box to change data - Access - Office.com: 

Note that Microsoft has a bug in their built-in Find and Replace function, occasionally Access will close after displaying "Not Responding" when using find and replace.

One workaround for Find and Replace is to Use Tools > Export Excel. 
Edit the records in Excel then use Tools > Import Excel.


That's it !