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    osman456 is offline Novice
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    Im having trouble understanding this issue

    I am completing an assigment and i have to answer this question but i have searching the web for it but i cannot find an appriopate answer its all about how potential errors in the design and construction of a database can be avoided



    the question is
    Fixed width text fields too large - Datatype of char(255) where a smaller width or varchar should be used.

    i dont understand it can someone explain to me

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    access does not have fixed width text. In that, if the fieldtype text is set to 255, you can enter a string of 5 characters or any size up to the maximum is 255.

    If you are talking SQL server fields, set them to NVARCHAR(x)

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    In this case the fixed width property applies to the data source? That's the only way I can make sense of the question. It must mean that no fixed width field value of the source can exceed 255, otherwise it won't fit into an Access short text field.
    Last edited by Micron; 03-05-2021 at 09:36 AM. Reason: clarification
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