Question

I am trying to figure out if an update query is really what I need. I have a field called account_numbers, and each entry consists of a 3 digit number prefaced by the letter “M”.

Account number

M001
M002
M003

And it goes all the way up to 999. All I want to do is remove the “M” from each account number. I looked over the Microsoft tutorials for an update query, and it looks like I may need something else. Can someone please tell me the easiest way to do this?

Thanks,

Answer 1

try this:

UPDATE account_numbers
SET AccountNumber = Replace([AccountNumber],"M","")

EDIT: take a backup first 😀