I have a table with about 300,000 records. About ten fairly small fields per record. I am trying to change the length of a text field from 25 to 40 characters, and I get the error message, 'MS Access can't change the data type. There isn't enough disk space or memory'.
I have never seen this message before. I have about 64 Gig of free disk space. What can I do?
I have two tables(see below). I want to set up a query, link these 2 tables together. I set a one-to-one relationship between Client ID in two table. But got error message :"Type mismatch in expression".
I tried to change Client ID data type from "Text" to "Number", then Access deleted some data under Client ID in Order table.How can I make this work, but not having to re-type in all data?
Client Table:
Client ID(Autonumber)
Client Name (Text)
Client Address (Text)
Order Table:
Order ID(Autonumber)
Client ID(Short Text)
Unit Order(Number)
Unit Price
From a table I want a text field which has a path to a file to be copied automatically into a another field of the same table with a hyperlink text type...
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have encountered an issue when I was inserting a string (with newlines about 176 characters) into access table. This field in access has the data type TEXT and it was truncated after the insertion. It is strange because I have three other fields with the same format and no truncation at all. May I know what could be the reason and how/what is the recommend data type for storing long text?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a table with a field with names set to text data type and i want to change it to number data type but when i do it in design view the data get lost. I want to know if there is a way to convert the data in the field as number type and keep the data in the field.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have an existing form where users type in information and it generates a couple of reports. In one of the fields, Customer PO Number, the user enters a number from a customer. Up until yesterday all of the customers we have been dealing with have used numbers only for their PO numbers. However, we have a new customer that requires alphanumeric PO's. Is there a simple way to change this field from a number to alphanumeric without having to redo each form, report and/or query. I am using MS Access 2010.
View 9 Replies View RelatedSo I have decided that I want my ID's to be AutoNumbers, but at the moment they are currently set as Numbers. I have already inserted data, to test, which has been deleted, however I am now unable to change the ID field back to AutoNumber.
How can I duplicate the tables so that this field can be changed again?
I have like 10 tables with heaps of feild, so remaking them will take long, but I know there is a way using queries, I am just not sure how...
I'm a bit of a newbie, so lets just get that out of the way....
I have a field in a table that was originally a text data type. I want to change it to a "lookup" data type using the lookup wizard. However, Access doesn't allow me to do this and prompts me with "You can't change the data type....its part of one or more relationships...". But there are no relationships? There may have been previously, but I've deleted them all from Relationships window.
This has happened several times now. I am in the process of designing the database and have been changing my mind about data types when I realize that I can use a lookup data type. The only fix I have found is to make a copy of the table in question and then change the data type of the problem field. Unfortunately this screws up my forms...which is a pain.
Why would Access say that there are relationships in the relationships window when in fact there are none?
I've attach a copy of my db. The field in question is located in the "Activities" table. The field name is "ACTIVITY_NAME". I am trying to use a lookup from the activityNames table using the "ActivityName" column.
Thanks for any help in this matter.
When I run the analyzer on all object types it recommends to change the data type for field "zip" (zip code) to "long integer to:
"benefit that table and potentially other objects in my database"
The field type is currently set to text, And I have the same setting for the same field in a separate table, yet it does not come up with a recommendation for that table.
Additionally, I don't seem to have the option "long integer" for the field data type???
jeds - using Access 2010
Hi! I have a problem to build Pivot table in Excel 2003.
I’m creating this table base on the “External Data” which is a MS Access 2003 table.
The table has 50 fields and about 500.000 records. (This is the reason, I can’t just export table to Excel and then do pivoting). One of the fields of this table has a “text” type but stored numbers. Excel does not allowed me do Sum or Max function with this field – it needs to have Number data type.
I receiving this table “from outside”, so I can’t get the right data type from the beginning. If I’m trying simply opening the table, before, using as a data source for Pivot Table, in Design mode and just change data type from text to number, I have an error: "Microsoft Access can't change the data type. There isn't enough disk space or memory."
Any advice, how to change Data type in existing table using queries or something else what can help me to solve this problem.
Thank you very much at advance.
Alec.
In my database i have a field for Tonnage (quantity) ...
I need for example to input 38.60 or 37.89 so my values must have 2 decimal places, ive searched and found changing my field type to double or decimal should solve the 'numbers rounding up/down' but access will not let me change the data type?
I got Gross Income Query. But I have employees that have overtime rate as well
So I have to calculate using overtime Payment And Gross Income Separately
So I make query and in query . I write this equation
Ovetime Pay: IIf([Total Hours Worked]>[Normal Hours/week],([Total Hours Worked]-[Normal Hours/week])*[Overtime Payrate],"0")
I successfully calculate it ...
BUT IT JUST GIVE ME THE VALUE LIKE A NUMBER SUCH AS e.g. 50 ,150 but instead of that i want currency data type of that calculate field for e.g. 50 become "$ 50".
Okay so in able to do that i go to properties Sheet of the field of the query and change Format to Currency ..BUT IT DOESN'T CHANGE !!!
DATABASE PAYROLL - Copy.zip
I have a database that I'm building off of a process that is currently done in excel. I want my percentages calculations to match what I get in excel but I'm finding the numbers to be off by as much as .4%. I'm pretty sure they issue has to do with the precision of its calculations but what the best settings are.
My percent numbers are currently set to the field size "Double" with a percent formatting. My currency numbers are set to the format Currency and decimal places on auto.
In my database I have the following:
1)Projects table:
- Project ID - Number field (Primary Key)
- Project Name
- Location
- (other fields)
2)Working details: (this table has a form based on it and it's used to enter data by users)
- Project ID (this field has a lookup for the same field in the first table)
- Project Name (this field has a lookup for the same field in the first table)
- (other fields)
My problem is : in the second table, Project Name field has "Number" data type because the relationship between the table is on the Project ID which is number field. I want the Project Name to be "text" data type in the second table.
How can i do that??
Hi All,
I was doing a project for school where I had to make a text field that would only accept the options Client Type(RET - Retail, SER - Service, DIN - Dining)
I thought I did it right by having a line with the field name as "Client Type" and the input as "text" with a field size of "3". and the description I put was "Client Type(RET - Retail, SER - Service, DIN - Dining)". But it doesnt work. I saved and everything. It will let me enter anything I want as long as it doesnt exceed 3 chars. I want it to ONLY accept RET, SER, or DIN and I want it to format it so its in CAPS.
Thanks,
-- Steven
I have a field in a table that is comprised of mostly numerical data but some records are text.
I want to convert this field to numerical only and make a new field to put the textual data in.
However converting the field will delete the textual data. What is the easiest way to convert the field but save the textual data AND append the textual data to the SAME record that they were in originally in the new field?
I just started my project database on my subject ITM4. My Database is entitled PCExpress Inventory System. I would like to know how to input (Text) in a Field where the Data Type is (Number) just like the North Wind.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI created several tables that contain the look-up data I want to post to database which I will use as the repository for a SharePoint form.Users visiting SharePoint site will enter the data to be kept in an Access database so we can create reports (not seen by the user)
Problem: When I created the database I linked fields to tables to create the look-up lists using the wizard.
When I saved the database, the first field that I linked returned a value of "number" instead of whatever the default value should be for a look-up text field.
I have 2 fields in a query which I want to write to a table. Eg ProductName (field length 10) and Product Code (field length 5) the fields need to be filled out so the length makes the maximum text
For example product name 'test' length is 4 i have to add 0 to make the length to 10 so the field will be 000000test same thing applies to Product code. I have 700 records like this, is there a way in VBA where it adds the extra text to make it the maximum length.
I have a table named days contains two columns (Day_Number, Day_Number_text)
and another table named information contains many column two of them is (Day_Number, Day_Number_Text)
so what i want to do when day_number = 1 for example so day_number_text = Frist automatically
I'm using Access 2002 and need to increase some field sizes, some by increasing the maximum number of characters and others by changing from Text to Memo. When I try to do this I get the message "Microsoft Access cannot change the data type. There isn't enough disk space or memory"
I have two 320GB hard drives and 4GB of RAM and the Access file is a mere 280MB. Can anyone please explain the problem and tell me how to achieve my objective?
Roger
Does anyone know if its possible to change the data type of a field from "Text" to "Number" by using a macro?
thx
I have been researching changing the field type of a table to Hyperlink and have been unsuccessful.
Everytime I add a field to a specific table the hyperlinks get busted. What I am doing programmiticaly is:
1. Deleteing the field
2. Re-creating the Field (text)
3. Concantonating two fields into the new field
4. Create a second field (hyperlink)
5. Copy those recrods into the hyperlink field
6. Delete the first
7. Rename the hyerlink to the original feild name
I get this to work but the hyperlinks are still broken.
Programmatically:
If I Create the new field
Concantonate two fields into it
Then Manually Change the field name from Text to Hyperlink
everything works great.
QUESITONS:
WHAT CODE is being run whern you go into the properties of the table and change the field type from Text to Hyperlink?
Can I use that code for this purpose?
Hi,
I am trying to import an excel spreadsheet into Access2000 using the import wizard.
I choose my XLS file, I say whether or not the first row contains headings, (no is the anwser).
Then I want to change some of the fields to data type of memo from text, but all I can see if Field 1 and data type option is blanked out.
If I click or double click on another field it doesn't change.
so I cannot change the datatype of a field..
do you know why, and how I can fix this ?
The reason I want to do this is one of the rows in excel has 300 characters, and the text field in access only allows 255.
regards,
Jamie
my teacher asked me to do Access homework to change data type from Text to Boolean. Data in "Owned car" field show as Y or N
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so I click on Design View and change datatype of this field from "Text" to "Yes/No" , than when I saved it show a message
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When I back to Datasheet view, all data in "Owned car" field change to be "No".
How can I change data type to be Boolean type without deleting my original data??? I want them to show the same as Y or N.
I use Access 2003. I've set the Data Type on a field name to = Percentage
I've tried to use all - Field size types
I want to enter in 50 in the table and have the output be 50% currently it goes to 5000%
Is there anything i have to add in the Validation rule to make it show the exact value?