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					Originally Posted by Kevy Baby  1. Get a list of all entries in a column (in other words, if I  have 50,000 records and column H has a listing by state, I want a list  of the states covered in this list [obviously not all 50 states]).
 
 2. Create a list of records with birthdays in a certain month (in this case, April).
 [list=1][*]Convert the Birth Date column to text. Note that this data came to me with the date already in a text format listed at YYYYMMDD (no dashes or slashes).
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When all you have is a hammer, every job looks like a nail.
-- Unknown. 
Seriously dude, import this **** into a database.
#1 Then becomes:  Select DISTINCT State from Your.bd 
#2 Would be: Select * from Your.db where mid(datefield,5,2)='04'