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• jbalbo

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  March 19, 2015 at 9:43 am

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  Hi

  I have a field which looks like "LastName, FirstName (DOB: 01/01/1900)"

  I know I can get Name with =Split(Fields!FieldName.Value ,"(").GetValue(0))

  But how do I get the "01/01/1900" between ":" and ")"

  Thanks in Advance

  Joe

• pietlinden

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  March 19, 2015 at 2:14 pm

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  Use InStr() to find the parentheses, and then grab all the stuff in the middle. InStr returns a position (a number), so you can use it with Mid().

• Sean Lange

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  March 19, 2015 at 2:22 pm

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  You really should just ask your entire question the first time instead of getting one response and then creating a new thread for the same thing.

  http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1670024-391-1.aspx

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