The Field Is Too Small To Accept The Amount Of Data You Attempted To Add...?
Nov 16, 2006
All,
I have inheirited a database which I am attempting to query via an SQL statement:
"SELECT * FROM MYTABLE ORDER BY SheetNumber;"
This query works fine under Access but when executed thru ADO 2.5 / Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 from VB6 it reports the following error ("2147217833"):
"The field is too small to accept the amount of data you attempted to add. Try inserting or pasting less data."
First things first, I'm not trying to add/insert/paste any data (see SQL statement above). Secondly, when I remove "ORDER BY SheetNumber" from the SQL statement the error does not occur. I need to retain the ability to sort and would be grateful for any help/suggestions.
For your reference SheetNumber is defined as a 20 char Text field in Access.
I currently have a drop down box with four options in there and the options are:
Low Minimum Medium High
However when i change the options in the table to:
Low Moderate Significant High
it comes up with the error message: the field is too small the accept the amount of data you attemtpted to add. Try inserting or pasting less data.
I do not understand what is wrong with the second option of words? The maximum for characters is set to 255 so i am not sure why it is coming up with that error message.
I get the error message "The field is too small to accept the amount of data you are trying to add. try inserting or pasting less data." I'm not attempting to run an insert or update query.
Access Help lives up to expectations by just repeating the error message, and the posts I can find on the forum which mention this error all seem to include something about a maximum of 254 characters in a field. None of mine are anywhere near that amount.
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
Hi folks, I have a query that returns about 3500 records (and runs very well I have to say). the issue comes when I attempt to export that queries results to a comma seperated text file. It gives me the message that the field is too small to accept the amount of data..bla bla bla... I've looked this up and it mentions stuff about memo fields and issues with that, but I don't have any memo fields in any of the tables that this is pulling information from. Does anyone have a clue why this would be happening...please help..this is urgent.
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Can anybody tell what's wrong with my code? Thanks very much in advance!
Private Sub cmdTractSelect_Click() On Error GoTo Err_cmdTractSelect_Click
'Declare variables Dim db As Database Dim tbl As TableDef Dim fld As Field Dim qry As QueryDef Dim frm As Form Dim ctl As Control Dim varItem As Variant Dim strSQL As String
'Assign values to the variables Set db = CurrentDb() Set tbl = db.TableDefs("City") Set fld = tbl.Fields("Tract") Set qry = db.QueryDefs("Param") Set frm = Forms!frmTractSelect Set ctl = frm!lstTract strSQL = "[Tract]="
'Grab the list-box selection and string it into SQL For Each varItem In ctl.ItemsSelected strSQL = strSQL & ctl.ItemData(varItem) & " Or [Tract]=" Next varItem
'Make sure the user selected at least one tract If Len(strSQL) = 0 Then MsgBox "You didn't select anything" _ , vbExclamation, "Nothing to find!" Exit Sub End If
'Trim the SQL strSQL = Left$(strSQL, Len(strSQL) - 12)
'Insert the SQL into a hidden control that will feed_ 'the criteria of the Tract field txtWhere.Value = strSQL
