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Fuzzy matches to a look-up table

I have a table of contacts where one of the fields is Job Title. I also have a look-up table that contains a list of job titles.

I would like to know how I can pull all of the contacts that have a match to the job title field in the look-up table. An exact match is easy, I can just create a query and link the two fields.

I would like to know if I can pull all contacts that has a 'contains' match. So if one of the job titles in look-up table is analyst, the search would also find data analyst.

I could enter in the criteria section of the query *analyst* which would find data analyst, but I have over 100 job titles in the look-up table that I would have to manually enter.

Is there a way of running a contains across these job titles?

Thanks

RE: Fuzzy matches to a look-up table


 

Access tip:

Deleting duplicate records from a table

You cannot delete records tables where there duplicate records. A way around this is to create a new table which wont hold the duplicates. and then deleting the old table.

1. Use a make-table query based on this table only. IMPORTANT - Ensure that you include all of the fields from your original table or you may loose data.

2. Open the query's property sheet by using VIEW, QUERY, PROPERTIES, and set the Unique Values property to Yes

3. Because you have selected the Unique Values to Yes when you run the query, Access creates a new table without duplicate records. You can now delete the old table and rename the new one.

View all Access hints and tips


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