Question : access 2003 parse data length undetermined

Hi.  I have an access db.  in this db are is a table called recordlisting with several fields among with is a field called "name".  the usual entry would be something like COP-Katherine Smith  (made up of doc typ, COP, and party name, Katherine Smith.  When running a report, i need to pull the name field but only the Katherine Smith part ...so everything after the " - " character.  The first few letters may be 3 letters like in this example of several such as Complaint - Charles Johnson.  Is there anyway when runing the report or even a query to only show everything after the " - "?  THanks.

Answer : access 2003 parse data length undetermined

you can get the name with

       trim(mid([name], instr([name],"-")+1))
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