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Jeffhill
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 Value too Long in Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
this is a hypethetical question.. Using MS Access you enter the last name of a student, and you recieve an error message stating that the value is too long for the field. What are your next steps?

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ASKED: April 2, 2010  9:40 PM
UPDATED: July 30, 2010  5:31 AM
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Only have two real options: 1) make the field longer in the database 2) use a shortened version of the name (1) is the better option
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This sounds like homework question…

carlosdl
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Yes but you didn’t have the right fields when I registered. We are suppose to access our answers on the internet. This isn’t a problem?

C1313
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