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<DIV><SPAN class=930544219-29072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Mark</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=930544219-29072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>When
we were writing the BEU we found that this was a limitation of code - couldn't
do it. As Charles suggest you can certainly create a new field, query the data
across and delete the old, all in code, but take care of indexes and
relationships.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=930544219-29072003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>IIRC
though the SQL ALTER TABLE command gained an ALTER COLUMN bit in Access XP
which hadn't been there in A97.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Andy Lacey<BR><A
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces@databaseadvisors.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mark
Boyd<BR><B>Sent:</B> 29 July 2003 19:33<BR><B>To:</B>
AccessD@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] Change field data
type programmatically<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">How can I change a data type in
code?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">I want to change Field1 from
Date/Time to Text.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Any ideas?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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