[AccessD] Why Change Field Size/was Change Field Size

I've been thinking about this a bit and I think probably the biggest reason
I don't do the 255 for everything is because I wasn't raised on Access. It
made a difference in the other DBs I've interacted with. And I suppose since
a lot of what I've done in Access was brought over from another format I've
always figured it would end up in something else before it was all over.
OCD? Maybe.

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Why Change Field Size/was Change Field Size

I think in essence I agree with you on the point: If I don't know what the
length will be for sure then I do 255. Otherwise, and generally the case, is
that I specify.

Why? OCD.
:o)

And it takes little extra effort to do and can pay off in the future if you
decide to to interact with other RDBMS's.

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