Access Data Types – Taken from Microsoft Access Help DATA TYPE USAGE SIZE Short Text Alphanumeric data (names, titles, etc.) Up to 255 characters. Long Text Large amounts of alphanumeric data: sentences and paragraphs. Up to about 1 gigabyte (GB), but...
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Access Data Types – Taken from Microsoft Access Help DATA TYPE USAGE SIZE Short Text Alphanumeric data (names, titles, etc.) Up to 255 characters. Long Text Large amounts of alphanumeric data: sentences and paragraphs. Up to about 1 gigabyte (GB), but controls to display a long text are limited to the first 64,000 characters. Number Numeric data. 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 bytes. Date/Time Dates and times. 8 bytes. Currency Monetary data, stored with 4 decimal places of precision. 8 bytes. AutoNumber Unique value generated by Access for each new record. 4 bytes (16 bytes for ReplicationID). Yes/No Boolean (true/false) data; Access stores the numeric value zero (0) for false, and -1 1 byte. for true. OLE Object Pictures, graphs, or other ActiveX objects from another Windows-based application. Up to about 2 GB. Hyperlink A link address to a document or file on the Internet, on an intranet, on a local area Up to 8,192 (each part of a network (LAN), or on your local computer Hyperlink data type can
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