There is a memo field in Access that will hold far more than 255
characters. Not sure of the limit. The 255 is an adjustable text field
where you can set the exact number of characters you need. It is actually
a bit more sophisticated in terms of space saving and access than those
programs that don't allow this.

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On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Jeffrey Bilderback wrote:

> My 2 cents worth on this subject.  I recently took a look at Access and found
> that the fields can only hold 255 characters.  That is too short for many of
> my entries.  MS Works' database can hold more.  Good luck.
>
> Jeffrey Bilderback
>