Access StrComp Function to Compare text (case sensitive comparison)

This Access tutorial explains how to use Access StrComp Function to compare text, both case sensitive and case insensitive comparison. You may also want to read: Access Case Sensitive Join Table (Inner Join, Left Join) Access StrComp Function to Compare text (case sensitive comparison) In Microsoft Excel, you cannot perform case sensitive comparison directly using equal sign. For example, if you type formula ="A"="a" The formula returns TRUE. Vlookup also shows matching result even tho...
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Access first date of month and last date of month

This Access tutorial explains how to find first date of month, last date of month using Access Expression and VBA Function. You may also want to read: Excel first date of month and last date of month Access first date of month To find first date of month in Access, first we have to understand DateSerial, you can use it to combine the year, month and day to a date. Syntax of Date Function DateSerial( year, month, day ) Example Formula Result Explanation DateSerial(2012,1,...
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Access Excel remove line break and carriage return

This Access / Excel tutorial explains how to remove carriage return and remove line break in a text. You may also want to read: Excel VBA separate line break data into different rows Access Excel remove carriage return and remove line break Recently our company uploaded employee data in spreadsheet data to the new system. One user reported that her home address shows some special code (something like hex code) that is supposed to be a space. Since the code appears after a comma, I suspec...
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Access BETWEEN timestamp problem

This Access tutorial explains the problem with BETWEEN timestamp, where the end date is not included in the result. Access BETWEEN timestamp problem - end date not included Very often you may receive data source that uses timeStamp (for example, 1/1/2015 15:34:00) instead of a Date (1/1/2015). The purpose of timestamp is to accurately record the time of action for auditing. In Access (even other system), you may want to select data within specific date period, say, between 1/1/2014 and 1/...
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