MS Access: Maximum Record Length?

Endlessknight

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Greetings,

I'm trying to import a record to a new table The record has 234 fields. I keep getting an error and only the first 130 fields are import. When I try to manually enter the missing records I get a maximum record length error.

The record has a total of 3373 characters across all fields. According to the Microsoft Access 2013 specs the maximum record length is 4000 characters.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
 

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Access allows for 255 fields per table, so I don't think record length or number of fields is the issue.
What kind of data file is this (text, Excel, database)
I would check your data, specifically at field 131. Maybe you have a carriage return or some other special character.
 
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