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    PATRICKPBME is offline Competent Performer
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    "Data Type" for Field

    I have 3 fields in my database which I have formatted as "Memo". Two still limit the number of characters. I note that the one that does not does not have the @ symbol in the field properties box as do the two that are limiting me. Can anyone tell me what I did and how to fix this? Thanks!

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    there should NOT be a limit in memo field. It should hold a few megabytes of data.
    BUT there are problems with truncating.
    importing could truncate
    pasting too.

    did you create the field as MEMO and then type in the data and it limits to 255?
    or was it imported?

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    PATRICKPBME is offline Competent Performer
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    The fields were indeed imported from an excel sheet, but I can't figure out why only 2 of the 3 are limited and the other is not.

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    When importing, the first 8 rows determine the data type. One column had a cell containing more than 255 char in the first 8 rows, the other two did not.

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    PATRICKPBME is offline Competent Performer
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    Assuming you had to, were you able to "fix" that?

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    aytee111 is offline Competent At Times
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    The way I have done it in the past is to add a first row to the Excel with data that would create the correct data types when imported. Sometimes date fields are blank, so I put in a date. Then I delete that record after import. One of the text columns would have "dummy" or something, then a delete query can identify which record to delete.

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