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Update query misses out the numbers starting with apostrophe in excel

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Hi All,

I have a column 'TestColumn1' to be updated in excel file using sql query. The column type is General and it has few rows which has numeric values and one of the number starts with apostrophe ' as it has 0 in the beginning. while updating i am using following query.

%NewVar% = 1234,0567

UPDATE [Sheet1$]

SET [TestColumn2]= 'Pass'

WHERE [TestColumn1] IN (%NewVar%)

Result is it is only updated for number 1234.

Any hint please?

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sandeepstw 312 Moderator on at

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Hi @Atharvazd ,

When using SQL queries to update Excel files, ensure that numeric values containing leading zeros are formatted as text by enclosing them in single quotes. Modify your query like this :

%NewVar% = '1234.0567'

UPDATE [Sheet1$]
SET [TestColumn2] = 'Pass'
WHERE [TestColumn1] IN (%NewVar%)

This is will update TestColumn2 based on numeric value matches for TestColumn1.

Please mark as solution if it helps.

Thanks,

Sandeep Mishra

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rishabhgupta584 4 on at

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Hello, I am also having the same issue. Like in Excel I have a column of type 'General' but when I use this query it updates the row by 0 and showing this error message in excel "Number stored as text" convert to number.

UPDATE [%Sheet%$]
SET [%Balance%]=0.00, ------> Numeric Value
[%Monthly%] = 0.00 --------> Numeric Value
where [DocumentNo]= '%CurrentItem3['DocumentNo']%'

Any Idea, as you can see here I am using 0.00 which is a Number not a string value.

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sandeepstw 312 Moderator on at

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HI @rishabhgupta584 ,

Ensure your Excel column is correctly recognized as numeric before running the update query.

Right-click and choose "Format Cells". Select "Number" and set decimal places as needed.

Mark as solution if it helps.

Thanks,

Sandeep Mishra

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rishabhgupta584 4 on at

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Thanks Sandeep, for your reply.
But I tried that in Excel my format is Number for the whole column. But after I run the update query the values are stored as Text instead of Number.

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