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Select fields of a certain length

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cocopud

cocopud

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Jan 8, 2002
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I have a field that is 5 characters. Most of the data is either 3 or 4 characters. How can I select all the fields that are of 5 character length. I have tried using LIKE with 5 _ ('_____'), but that brings back everything. Not sure how to return just fields with 5 characters. Thanks
 
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Code: 
Select *
From   YourTable
Where  Len(YourColumn) = 5

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