I already posted this as a response to another thread, but thought I should post it as a new one in case people don't follow threads...
I need to construct a SQL statement to insert a row. The VB code used to construct the insert statement is very long (the actual insert statement will be much shorter). For some reason that I do not understand, it is truncated after 255 bytes.
I created a Microsoft Access database that has a data entry form. This “parent” form has two sub-forms. Each sub-form can have many records that map to the same parent record.
I created VBA code to perform a dynamic query based on the fields I select and their associated values (e.g. query by form). The VBA code creates an SQL string that I use to run a query and present the results. I present the results via a report that looks just like my data entry form. The report includes two sub-reports (one for each of the sub-forms used in my data entry form).
On the main page of my report, there is a field called Gen_Comments. This field is of type “memo”. I see that the data in this field is truncated after 255 characters. This is not the case for any of the fields in my two sub-reports. My SQL statement uses the keyword DISTINCT. (Please refer to the SQL statement below). I’m pretty sure that this is what is truncating my memo field because if I remove this keyword and do a query, I do not get the truncation. However, if I remove this keyword, I then get duplicate records in my query.
HELP!! Can anyone determine if there is something wrong with my SQL statement below (which uses two nested inner joins)? Or, is there something else that I can do in conjunction with the DISTINCT keyword to eliminate the truncation? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
SELECT DISTINCT [PR_TABLE].*,SubTbl_DefectClassification.DefectNum,SubTbl_Ac tionItems.StepID FROM (([PR_TABLE] INNER JOIN SubTbl_DefectClassification ON PR_TABLE.ID = SubTbl_DefectClassification.DefectNum) INNER JOIN SubTbl_ActionItems ON PR_TABLE.ID = SubTbl_ActionItems.StepID) WHERE (((InStr(1,[PR_Table].PR_Gen_Comments,"The Wavecom",1))<> "0") AND (([SubTbl_DefectClassification].SevLevel) = "Minor") AND ((InStr(1,[SubTbl_ActionItems].Description,"Just a test",1))<> "0"))ORDER BY [PR_Table].ID
I sincerely thank you, in advance, for any help that you may be able to provide.
-Al Oberneder International Truck and Engine Corporation
I just linked a table to an Access Database from SQL Server. Now, whenever I open the linked table, I receive the error "Scaling of decimal value resulted in data truncation."
After a quick Google search (and search of these forums), I found some solutions:
what this means is that your number / data had a whole load of numbers after the decimal point, the length (width) of the field was not enough to display them all so some of the end was got lost
Increase the field size, or, limit the size of the number via the table, in design view, FIELD SIZE
It would appear that somewhere along the way you are implicitly converting from a decimal value that has high precision to an integer or other type value that has low precision. During the conversion their is some data loss in the form of lost precision.
So, I guess I found the problem, right? I just don't know what I'm suppose to do to correct the issue. There is not a single field in my SQL database that has a precision beyond 10 and a scale beyond 2. So...erm...Why can't Access just deal? What am I doing wrong?
I'm using Access 2003 to create some reports for an insurance company I work for by interrogating the Informix database of our policy maintenance software via an ODBC connection. The linked tables and the fields included within cannot be edited due to permission restrictions (the software is provided by a third party) but this doesn't usually cause issues.
However, I've recently created a Query that extracts a *number* field from one of our database tables, but I'm having trouble due to the 'Scale' attributed to this field in the Access table settings.
Access recognizes that the field is a 'Decimal' type, but attributes a 'scale' of '0' which causes an error. 'Scale' (for those who aren't aware) refers to the maximum number of digits that can appear to the right of a decimal separator, meaning whenever this value exceeds 0 (e.g. if an advisor enters something like 240.51 - a 'Scale' of '2'), the 'Scaling of decimal value resulted in truncation' error occurs.
As mentioned earlier, we don't have the ability to amend the Scale attributed to this value due to permission restrictions, although I'm told that 'Scale' is set in Access and not on the external database anyway.
how to bypass this issue? I can't reformat the field as Access attributes the Scale upon the initial linking of the table, long before the field is used in any queries. Permission restrictions also prevent me from amending the 'Scale' value in the linked table settings.
The software house themselves can't assist as they've set this value to hold multiple decimals on the actual database. It's as if Access only checks a small proportion of the fields held in the table (the first few hundred of this particular field are whole numbers) and attributes the scale based on this.
I am getting "Truncation Error" while importing data from Excel to access 2007. I have tried changing the format to short text but the result is the same.
How do you get to see the entire file path in Access Linked Table Manager of linked tables that are located in a folder with a long path? The problem is that you can only view the first 64 or so characters of the table’s path. This is a real problem when these linked tables need to be updated and you don't know where it’s stored.
I was looking for some help. I am trying to setup a table with a field for web address. People are entering www.website.com etc however I need them to make sure it starts with http:// Is their any way I can put validation on the field to make sure that this is entered? Or maybe I could use an input mask?
The following SQL query is returning no records when I know for a fact there are some there! Can anyone please hlp me?!
Dim strSQL As String strSQL = "SELECT * FROM tblHirer WHERE HirerSurname= 'Forms!frmFinanceProposal!Child845!Text430'" rsFindDuplicates.Open strSQL, CurrentProject.Connection, adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic rsFindDuplicates.RecordCount
Also, I was wondering how I would put as 2nd filter on the recordset to equal a particular date?
SELECT Institutions.*, Institutions.merge, Institutions.Inst_type FROM Institutions WHERE (((Institutions.merge)=True) AND ((Institutions.Inst_type)=[forms]![merge_inst_type]![Inst_type]));
and I had a command button which process
MergeAllWord ("select * from merge_query_true")
but I am getting an error like this "make sure the sql is correct , sql was select * from merge_query_true
select * from merge_query_true ---- is this code ok?
If I had cut the part "AND ((Institutions.Inst_type)=[forms]![merge_inst_type]![Inst_type])); from the sql it works fine....
I have a fax number field iwhich has a mask. +(000)-00-000-000 in a table of many records. The problem is that every record has a number in the first part of country code +(001)which must have come there by mistakes, few records have complete and true fax numbers.
I need a query that can Update this Fax_Number field where the length of the string is less than 7 digits. Some thing like UPDATE Contacts SET Contacts.Fax_Number = "" WHERE ((Len("Fax_Number")>"6"));
The first section is the Category, the second is the Product, the third is the SubProduct and the fourth is the keyword.
What is the best way to split each of these words into its own variable? I think I can do the first and end one but not the Car Import and Car Import one.
I'm working on a software that was developed by someone who left the company. The problem is that the software works for all locations execpt one that is in austria, after debuging I found out that there is a statement in the code that uses boolean true or false, the only way it worked is when I put an if statement with false or true as string, ex: if doc = "true" then buttom line has anyone faced this problem, I searched microsoft website and they said that some vb engines don't convert boolean to string. Please Please if someone has a clue try to help. Thanks.
Hey everyone, I need some help with formatting a string for use with the DoCmd.RunSQL() method. I can't figure out how the hell VB deals with escape characters for the purpse of variables inside strings. I have this line right now.
strSQL = "INSERT INTO OS (OS) VALUES(" + OS.Value + ")"
This is supposed to insert one row into the "OS" Table, in the "OS" field. In my form there is a textbox called "OS" and I'm trying to insert that value into the DB table.
Two things. 1) Yes, I know, I have a lot of things named "OS" 2) Yes, I know I don't need to use a string here, but I'm just presenting this is an abbreviated example, in my full program I do in fact need a string.
I have just inherited a database that has dates stored as strings ex.: 01/01/01. I really do not have time to add a new field and convert the string date to date format (this would cause a lot of rewrite to the application that is using this table). I am trying to use the 'between' to display records that are between specific dates. Also, I am using Cold Fusion as the front end, if that makes any difference. Below is an example I thought might work but did not:
<cfquery name="acty_due_month" datasource="customer"> SELECT acty_end_dt FROM activity Where DateValue(Format([acty_end_dt], "MM/DD/YY"))=10/30/05 </cfquery>
I'm running a 9 parameter query, where values for the criteria are drawn from a form. I'm confused as to how I build an "if, then" string so that if one of the parameters is left blank, the program will skip it and go to the next.
