Article ID: 109355
Article Last Modified on 5/6/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Access 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 1.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q109355
Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
SYMPTOMS
The RunSQL macro action argument can accept up to 256 characters. However, you receive no error message that tells you when you have exceeded this limit. Instead, the SQL string is truncated at 256 characters and Microsoft Access attempts to parse the first 256 characters. This can cause a variety of error messages, including:
- Syntax error in WITH OWNERACCESS OPTION declaration.
- Syntax error in query expression.
- Missing semicolon (;) at end of SQL statement.
- Syntax error in FROM clause.
The error message you receive depends on where the string was truncated.
CAUSE
Note that these errors occur when you manually enter a SQL string with more than 256 characters. If you paste a string with more than 256 characters, Microsoft Access will notify you that you have exceeded the limit with the following error message:
STATUS
This behavior no longer occurs in Microsoft Access version 7.0.
RESOLUTION
Paste in the string to confirm the error, and then shorten the SQL string to less than 256 characters.
Additional query words: macros
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