Results 1 to 3 of 3

Too much data in a single cell. How to search/output specific data from each cell?

Threaded View

  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    03-28-2007
    Posts
    8

    Too much data in a single cell. How to search/output specific data from each cell?

    Hi. From mySQL database, i am getting a ton of data that is all being inputted into a single excel cell. Within this cell, there are certain data points that i wish to obtain (Bank #, SSN #, Routing #). There are multiple difficulties in obtaining this information.

    1. these cells contain the same fields, but different number of total characters (differing in names, addresses, etc.)

    2. some of the data points (like SSN) are inputted incorrectly, so even though a SSN is only 9 digits/characters, I may have to output all 11 that the SQL database placed within the cell.

    Can I get some help? I'm thinking of a search function/macro within excel, because all of the fields show up correctly.

    something like (i know this doesn't work)

    = or("cellA1" contains/finds/function SSN,return the 9 characters after "SSN ")

    um...yeah. difficult to explain, i'm sorry!
    Attached Files Attached Files
    Last edited by effang; 05-30-2007 at 12:35 PM.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0 RC 1