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Brogrim

Brogrim

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Jul 28, 2000
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I have a field with the address entered in as
101 Duke street

I want to divide this field into house no and address. is there a query I can use to break this string
 
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HNum:left([Address],instr([Address]," ")-1)
HStreet:mid([Address],instr([Address]," ")+1)
 
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Just to throw a spanner in the works - what if the address is:

The Green Cottage Duke Street
or
The Green Cottage 101 Duke Street

addresses don't, unfotunately, all follow the pattern:
number streetname

Hope this helps.
 
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