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Import memo from Access ?? ginola NO[at]SPAM mailcity.om
7/25/2003 9:53:53 AM
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Hi,

I just wonder what data Type should I use if I assign a memo field
data from MS-Access ??

thanks

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Re: Import memo from Access ?? Allan Mitchell
7/25/2003 11:21:30 AM
It depends

Access can store up to 64K characters in a MEMO field. Do you store that
much ?

SQL Server - <= 8000 chars = VARCHAR(8000)
SQL Server - > 8000 chars = TEXT


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Re: Import memo from Access ?? ginola NO[at]SPAM mailcity.om
7/28/2003 3:51:13 AM
Yes, I do use that much, thanks :P
so I should use the data type as Text, right?
thanks anyway :P

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:21:30 +0100, "Allan Mitchell"
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