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matrun

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Can anyone tell me how to count the number of times a character appears in a string, using jet SQL?

Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks

Matt
 
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An example:

[tt]SELECT Len([Forename])-Len(Replace([Forename],"a","")) AS [As], tblT.Forename
FROM tblT[/tt]
 
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Thanks! Absolutely what I was after. Thanks again!

Matt
 
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