What are the drawbacks, if any, to using a Memo field versus a Text field in
a table that is used to export to a Word .doc?
A Memo field cannot be indexed or sorted (well, you can sort by the
memo field but Access will truncate it to the first 255 bytes); they
take more space in the database, and have been accused of being more
prone to corruption than Text fields. As a rule, if you need 255 bytes
or more of text, use a Memo field and don't try to sort it (and accept
the fact that searches for memo text will be slow); if you can get by
with fewer than 255 characters, use Text.
John W. Vinson[MVP]
