Is it possible to copy data from a character field into a numeric field? [closed]

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Than you it worked. I did in fact find some non numeric characters impeding the operation. Now, I am trying to filter database data so as to be able to edit only those records with the lastname beginning with "smi" In Lotus Approach one could use a wildcard character such as * or ? to filter the data. It there some kind of wildcard or filter I can use to find this data? I have found also I cannot edit queries, is such always the case?

Wildcards - (I've given you this site before): click here

Queries are just result sets of tables. To edit is meaningless.

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