problem importing access field into mssql

having a problem with one single field
its coming up with the error message "data for source column 2 ('general
notes') is too large for the specified buffer size"
how would i fix this ?
thanks
markWhat medium are you using to transfer the data and from
what source.
Do the field sizes of the to and from match ?
J
>--Original Message--
>having a problem with one single field
>its coming up with the error message "data for source
column 2 ('general
>notes') is too large for the specified buffer size"
>how would i fix this ?
>thanks
>mark
>
>.
>|||"Julie" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> What medium are you using to transfer the data and from
> what source.
> Do the field sizes of the to and from match ?
> J
>
im converting from access using DTS - this is the only field i've had
trouble with
the original field is a memo field which im trying to transfer into a sql
nvarchar field with 2000 chars - there is a lot of data in the original
source tho - and its not nice data!
cheers
mark|||Try NTEXT as destination field instead of NVARCHAR one
"mark" <mark@.remove.com> wrote in message news:1Q4qc.90$LH3.0@.newsfe1-win...
> "Julie" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:e07f01c43c15$e5c4db80$a101280a@.phx.gbl...
> > What medium are you using to transfer the data and from
> > what source.
> >
> > Do the field sizes of the to and from match ?
> >
> > J
> >
> im converting from access using DTS - this is the only field i've had
> trouble with
> the original field is a memo field which im trying to transfer into a sql
> nvarchar field with 2000 chars - there is a lot of data in the original
> source tho - and its not nice data!|||Hello,
According to the Access help a memo field can store up to
65000 + character.
The nvarchar(2000) can store up to 1000 characters (look
up unicode in BOL). Try changing the SQL Server datatype
to a text or binary.
J
>--Original Message--
>"Julie" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:e07f01c43c15$e5c4db80$a101280a@.phx.gbl...
>> What medium are you using to transfer the data and from
>> what source.
>> Do the field sizes of the to and from match ?
>> J
>im converting from access using DTS - this is the only
field i've had
>trouble with
>the original field is a memo field which im trying to
transfer into a sql
>nvarchar field with 2000 chars - there is a lot of data
in the original
>source tho - and its not nice data!
>cheers
>mark
>
>.
>|||"Julie" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:e12301c43c1d$dbca1a70$a101280a@.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
> According to the Access help a memo field can store up to
> 65000 + character.
> The nvarchar(2000) can store up to 1000 characters (look
> up unicode in BOL). Try changing the SQL Server datatype
> to a text or binary.
> J
>
thanks everyone for the help, converting to ntext did the trick!
marksql