Microsoft KB Archive/291541

= Memo field characters appear as question marks in Access 2002 =

Article ID: 291541

Article Last Modified on 8/18/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q291541



Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 254845.



SYMPTOMS
After you enter thousands of characters of text into a Memo field, at a certain point, you notice that question marks appear, instead of text.



CAUSE
The Memo field is in a linked Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 table.



RESOLUTION
Obtain the latest Microsoft Jet 4.0 service pack that contains an updated version of the Microsoft Jet 4.0 database engine.

For additional information about how to obtain the latest version of the Jet 4.0 database engine, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

239114 How to obtain the latest service pack for the Microsoft Jet 4.0 Database Engine



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce the Behavior
  Create a table in Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 by running the following script in the SQL Server Query Analyzer:   Use pubs go

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[TABLE2] (     [TABLEid] [int] NULL,      [ID] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,      [BitField] [bit] NOT NULL ,      [Data] [text] NULL    ) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY] GO                    In a new database in Access 2002, create a link to the SQL Server table that you created in Step 1, and then select the ID field as the primary key. Open the linked table in Datasheet view. Type 1 in the TABLEid field.</li> Click in the Data field, and type or paste 3000 characters or more in the field.</li> Commit the record.</li> Expand the Data field, and then click in the field to create a blinking mouse pointer.</li> Press the DOWN ARROW key to scan through the text in the field.</li> After several seconds of pressing the DOWN ARROW key and moving through the field, note that question marks appear around the 2000th character.</li></ol>

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Keywords: kbprb KB291541

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