[AccessD] MEMO fields in UNIONS

This will return the first 255 characters of the field correct?  Off the top of my head, couldn't you write a function that returns a string containing the entire contents of the Memo field?  A string variable can hold more than 255 characters as in:

<snip>
Dim s As String
Dim i As Integer
    s = String(500, "x")
    MsgBox Len(s)
    For i = 1 To Len(s)
        Debug.Print i & Mid$(s, i, 1) 'just to prove they're all there!
    Next i
</snip>

So why not write a function that returns the memo field in a string
Function ConvertMemo2String(MyMemo as String)
  ConvertMemo2String = MyMemo
End Function

Usage:
	Select ConvertMemo2String([MyMemoField])...

It's a WAG but worth a try.

HTH,

Jim DeMarco
Director of Product Development
HealthSource/Hudson Health Plan


-----Original Message-----
From: Gustav Brock [mailto:gustav at cactus.dk]
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 1:52 PM
To: Mark A Matte
Subject: Re: [AccessD] MEMO fields in UNIONS


Hi Mark

Yes:

    Select Left([fldMemo],255) ...

/gustav

> Anyone have a workaround or method of displaying MEMO fields in a UNION
> query?

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