1. Left()
Why is Left() useful? Let’s say that you like to give credit to a certain website by showing the URL. What if the URL is 200 characters long? Left() solves this problem. Here’s an example:
Left(myRecordSet(”URL”),30)
myRecordSet is the recordset you define for your database. URL is one of the fields in your database. Next is the important part, 30. 30 is the number of characters that display. Left() essentially eliminates any character after that. The ‘…’ is just for a professional look and to let the user know that the URL is pretty long.
2. Now()
I know what you’re thinking. Now()…
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