Importing text files containing large text

[Sharp]

Hi

I'm using Access 97.

I'm trying to import a text file as a table.
One of the columns contains data of type "text".
The text can be over 255 characters - problem!
Access will truncate the text if it is over 255 characters.
Is there a solution to this problem?

Cheers
Michael

 

['69 Camaro]

Hi, Michael.

Use a memo field instead. Memo fields can hold much more than 255
characters. In Access 97 and after, one can paste in 65,535 characters in
the user interface or store up to 1 GB of data per record. That should be
plenty.

HTH.

Gunny

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