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Dawid
2/27/2007 11:45:05 PM
Morning!

I have a little Problem with the import Wizard.
The situation is a Access DB with a memo field in wich are very long text.
And i migrate this DB into a SQL Database wich has a field for this memo
filed. I hae declared this field with a ntext type.
And now when i import the db, the Wizard cut off the Text at 255 characters
and i dont know what to do.

Can someone help me or have the same problem?

AlterEgo
2/28/2007 10:57:22 AM
Dawid,

How do you know the data is getting truncated at 255 characters? Is it
because you are viewing it in a QA grid? If so, maybe the grid is truncating
the data, but the data is fine. Click Tools/Options/Results and look at the
Maximum characters per column setting.

-- Bill

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Dawid
3/1/2007 4:22:02 AM
Hi,

I dont use the QA and i viewing the data in the tables. I have count the
characters and they are cut off at 255 characters.
In the Access Database i can see the whole text but when the data is
migrated, the text is cut off.
I use the DTS importer to create a dts File, when i open it to change the
"Fastupload" i can use the preview an i see that the text is cut off.
There is maybe a hook to be change but i dont know where. =)

Dawid

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AlterEgo
3/1/2007 10:12:57 AM
Dawid,

What datatype is the SQL Server column in the table you are importing into?
It should be either "text" or "ntext".

-- Bill

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