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Store more than 255 char in an access database?

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o1568501

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Hi,
I need to store about 1000 chars in an access database field. It seems that 255 is the max field size, is there any way aroung this?

Many thanks
 
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Make the field a 'Memo' field.

traingamer
 
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Will that do for text? or XML files?
 
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