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several questions RE tables
I'm using Access 2007 and I want to transfer data from one table (an import)
to another table. Every time I try an append query I lose most of the records. I've tried to format the records the same and now just about any changes I make in either table I get the messege "Too many fields defined". Help?! -- Ret |
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several questions RE tables
You can only have 255 fields max in a table.
Steve "Ret" wrote in message ... I'm using Access 2007 and I want to transfer data from one table (an import) to another table. Every time I try an append query I lose most of the records. I've tried to format the records the same and now just about any changes I make in either table I get the messege "Too many fields defined". Help?! -- Ret |
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several questions RE tables
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:13:01 -0700, Ret wrote:
I'm using Access 2007 and I want to transfer data from one table (an import) to another table. Every time I try an append query I lose most of the records. I've tried to format the records the same and now just about any changes I make in either table I get the messege "Too many fields defined". Help?! Correct the error in your query. If you would like help doing so... please tell us how the query is set up; open it in SQL view and post the SQL text here. The "too many fields" suggests that you're repeatedly changing the *STRUCTURE* (not the data) of the table. Each time you add or change a field, you use up one of the 255 allowed field "slots". You can recover them by using Office Button... Manage... Compact and Repair. If you actually have over 255 fields (heck, over 25 fields) then you need to come to a screeching halt and redesign your improperly normalized tables! -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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several questions RE tables
Thank you. I am no longer having problems with the "Too many fields
defined". Don't know what changed that. However, I have been unable to transfer a yes/no field properly. Any suggestions? -- Ret "John W. Vinson" wrote: On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:13:01 -0700, Ret wrote: I'm using Access 2007 and I want to transfer data from one table (an import) to another table. Every time I try an append query I lose most of the records. I've tried to format the records the same and now just about any changes I make in either table I get the messege "Too many fields defined". Help?! Correct the error in your query. If you would like help doing so... please tell us how the query is set up; open it in SQL view and post the SQL text here. The "too many fields" suggests that you're repeatedly changing the *STRUCTURE* (not the data) of the table. Each time you add or change a field, you use up one of the 255 allowed field "slots". You can recover them by using Office Button... Manage... Compact and Repair. If you actually have over 255 fields (heck, over 25 fields) then you need to come to a screeching halt and redesign your improperly normalized tables! -- John W. Vinson [MVP] . |
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several questions RE tables
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:37:01 -0700, Ret wrote:
Thank you. I am no longer having problems with the "Too many fields defined". Don't know what changed that. You probably have "Compact on Close" checked in the database's properties, so it compacted automatically for you. However, I have been unable to transfer a yes/no field properly. Any suggestions? Since I have no idea what you're transfering from, transfering to, or how you're doing the transfer, not really. All I can say is that an Access Yes/No field is stored as -1 for Yes, 0 for No, other values (and NULL values) prohibited. -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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several questions RE tables
Why? As in "why are you moving data around between tables?" That sounds
like something you'd do if you were using a spreadsheet... but Access is not a "spreadsheet on steroids"! Regards Jeff Boyce Microsoft Access MVP -- Disclaimer: This author may have received products and services mentioned in this post. Mention and/or description of a product or service herein does not constitute endorsement thereof. Any code or pseudocode included in this post is offered "as is", with no guarantee as to suitability. You can thank the FTC of the USA for making this disclaimer possible/necessary. "Ret" wrote in message ... I'm using Access 2007 and I want to transfer data from one table (an import) to another table. Every time I try an append query I lose most of the records. I've tried to format the records the same and now just about any changes I make in either table I get the messege "Too many fields defined". Help?! -- Ret |
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