Remove hyphens to store SSN as number (Access2K)

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One of the fields in a legacy table stores SSN as text (999-99-9999). A field in the new table stores SSN as number(999999999). I need to move the text ssn into a field in the new table as number. How can I convert the text SSN into number format i.e. how do I get rid of the hyphens?

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Create a query, and use the following expression to populate the new SSN field:

CLng(Left([OldSSN],3) & Mid([OldSSN,5,2) & Right([OldSSN],4))

where OldSSN is the name of the text field.

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You may want to consider storing SSN as a text field

You will loose leading zeros and have problems with sorting by SSN down the road.

Create a query, and use the following expression to populate the new SSN field:

Left([OldSSN],3) & Mid([OldSSN,5,2) & Right([OldSSN],4))

HTH, John

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