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    the_chomp is offline Novice
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    Creating a new field based on a current field

    I am using Access 2016.
    I would like to create a new field based on an existing field.
    The current field is the abbreviation for Canadian provinces. The new field will be the full province name.
    Example Field 2 = ON. The new field would be Ontario.


    I have approx. 875,000 records

    Thanks for your help
    Chomp

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    In a table tProvinces, you'd have all the Abrevs,and full names.
    in a query join your data table with tProvinces, bring in the full name field.

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    the_chomp is offline Novice
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    Thanks ranman256 I will give it a try

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    There has to be more to your question than you have asked.(since you mention 875,000 records)
    It sounds like there are 2 basic concerns:

    1- a lookup table to represent ProvAbbrev and ProvFullName, and
    2 - another table(s) of addresses/locations to be updated/edited with ProvFullName based on ProvAbbrev, or some manipulation of PostalCode or something along that line.

    You don't need a new field in your table, since, as ranman said, you can join the tables and get the ProvFullName from the lookup table.

    Good luck

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    the_chomp is offline Novice
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    Thanks Orange.
    You are correct, there is a wee bit more. At the end of all this I am going to try to add this data to ESRI map as well as adding it to a visual presentation application from SAP called Lumira...
    As you can tell I am just starting to get the data straightened out.

    Thanks again Orange

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