Ntext limitations??

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  • bwesenberg
    New Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 17

    Ntext limitations??

    Hello,
    I am having and issue with an ntext field. It seems to have a limitation on it.
    Here is the history.

    I am supporting a database that was created by a prior employee and I am now having some issues.
    I have a MS Access front end connected to SQL back end. Connected through ODBC.

    The filed is called [Comments] the data type on the SQL table is ntext. The field is located on [Table1].

    The main issues is: the comments will not print in full. (however I have found other issues with this as well - see below)

    There is a record that has a very large amount of text in the [Comments] field.
    There is steps the users have to go through to add text to the [Comments] field.
    There is a button on the main form that says [Add Comments] What happens there is a unbound form comes up with the claim number filled in and a blank area to type your text.
    Then on the unbound form there is a button that says [Enter Comments]. What happens there is the current date and time with a new line is added to the [Comments] field on table with the text that was enterd into the unbound form.
    The new text is put at the beginning of the field. I can use that method to add more commments.

    What normally happens is the user will want to print their comments with the [Print Comments] button. What that does is just brings up a report with the comments in them. However with this record, it is cutting off the first 8 days of comments. (which is the first 8 entries of the comments field)

    The other issues is when I went into the table to delete the "test" comments it tells me "the text is too long to be edited.
    I also tried to modify the text directly in the SQL table and it does not show the comments in that field it just says <Long Text>.

    Can anyone assist me with this issue?
  • bwesenberg
    New Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 17

    #2
    Can anyone give me any ideas at all even what to start looking at?

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    • TAZdba
      New Member
      • Aug 2007
      • 5

      #3
      I'm waiting for the answer to this one too!

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      • Shashi Sadasivan
        Recognized Expert Top Contributor
        • Aug 2007
        • 1435

        #4
        Have you had a look at msdn regarding this?

        cheers

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