<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Is it safe to open the DBF file in other
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I've had trouble with corrupting the
database when editing the DBF file with MS Access. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I never tried using Excel.</font>
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Lance Peterson<br>
Peterson Consulting / FL Dept. of Transportation<br>
Business Systems Support Office<br>
Office of Information Systems<br>
Phone: 850-410-5545<br>
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Don't know about doing this in ArcGIS, but you can read the DBF file into<br>
Excel or dBase and do it there using the various string commands. (LEFT,<br>
RIGHT, MID).<br>
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From: shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Gary Watry<br>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:50 PM<br>
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Subject: shrug-l: Split a column in attribute table<br>
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Is there a way to split a column in a shapefile attribute column into several<br>
columns i.e.<br>
20060401 11 AM<br>
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2006 | 04 | 01 | 11 AM |<br>
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Gary L. Watry<br>
GIS Coordinator<br>
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies FSU / COAPS Johnson Building,<br>
RM 215<br>
2035 East Paul Dirac Drive<br>
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2840<br>
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Phone (850) 645-7457<br>
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E-Mail: watry@coaps.fsu.edu<br>
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