distinguish letters from numbers

[lala]

i have a text box and i need to know what the user typed in, letters or numbers, is that possible?

 

[thunder]

may i ask if what you are asking about (letters) and (numbers) or letters as text an numbers which are involved in calculations

 

[lala]

not sure which one i need

i have a search box that accepts user input and then searches 6 fields for that input

the problem is that 2 of the fields are text fields with long names of hospitals, and most of the time user will only enter part of the name
with numbers, however, it's exactly what they put in - they should get in the results

but when i try to put that in one query it doesn't work
it only works if they're all partial searches or all full searches

so i thought i'd see what they type in and depending on what they're searching for, use 1 of 2 filters

is there a better way? i know mine is just a workaround

 

[thunder]

of what i understood being not one of english native speakers i would say and suggest that by a simple query in design mode and under the hospital name in the criteria feild you put
LIKE plus * and any part of the name of the hospital
if that was the answer its ok
if not , inform me to know

 

[gemma-the-husky]

if isnumeric(myfield) then
msgbox("numeric")
else
msgbox("alpha/alpha-numeric")
end if

 

[Brianwarnock]

Assuming that the search box is on a form your Where clauses will look like this

((IIf(IsNumeric([fieldname]),[fieldname]=[forms]![formname]![textboxname],[fieldname] Like "*" & [forms]![formname]![textboxname] & "*")=True)=True)

Brian

 

[lala]

thank you, Brian and thank you Gemma
Gemma, i saw your reply but couldn't answer

as i understand, you're both giving me solutions, one for VB and one as a query

 

[Brianwarnock]

Yes my code was for use in a query, Gemma was showing how to check the field contents in VB.

Brian