Re: ms access quirey question

"nialltimpson" <niall_mulhare@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi I was wondering is it possible to read write to a memo field in ms
>access, the same way you would read write to a text field?
It is.

"Microsoft Access provides two field data types to store data with
text or combinations of text and numbers: Text or Memo.

Use a Text data type to store data such as names, addresses, and any
numbers that do not require calculations, such as phone numbers, part
numbers, or postal codes. A Text field can store up to 255 characters,
but the default field size is 50 characters. To control the maximum
number of characters that can be entered in a Text field, set the
FieldSize property.

Use the Memo data type if you need to store more than 255 characters.
A Memo field can store up to 64,000 characters. If you want to store
formatted text or long documents, you should create an OLE field
instead of a Memo field.
> I have my
>database set up and reading writeing to the databse ok using text field
>but I have to now store strings which will contain 316 characters e.g
>
>1315259804765771089746208008724780151971640940654061
>5945089711350055105440014387233852223755558178959373
>5901729523358226196346901333363266720160161567476750
>8698500810033377223926558621622404221161922571217657
>5908662820038302522362188659394554116014527409368579
>573295108852401025657242056374503972313949815709
>6436944847683848865450458408521580987232589912971236
>713653320010771954202838636539445174893761859498584761
>774348548858284051610193336458404802244737321229315795
>259346400597219730922809042994571064196264789556436973
>256754063980517342616225212190669661339367714653468330
>0777901869239185845560584199360795573155
>
>I need to do it beacuse Im encrypting ever thing in the database,
>
>Thank if you can help
>Niall

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