[AccessD] Excel link weirdness

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Debbie, I don't know if you'll find any help, but thought I'd share this one 
just in case.

Susan H.


> That occurred to me just a few minutes ago too.  I am trying to get all of 
> them as text, since there are 0s that get dropped in number format that 
> are meaningful.  I am still getting link as numbers, and the same fields 
> are not coming through despite all being text now.
>
> I think this may be the right track, but I am missing a piece.
>
> Debbie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark A Matte <markamatte at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 1:31 PM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Excel link weirdness
>
>
> Debbie,
>
> I have some issues with importing numbers from excel.  Excel will 
> sometimes store a number as text...and Access won't import this into a 
> number field.  I just linked an excel file that I know has this 
> issue...and had the result you described.  The cells that stored my number 
> as text showed as #!NUM# when viewed through the link in access.
>
> I believe if you check your spreadsheet you will find some numbers stored 
> as text.
>
> Mark A. Matte
>
>> From: delam at zyterra.com> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:48:30 -0600> To: 
>> accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: [AccessD] Excel link weirdness> > 
>> I am linking an excel spreadsheet into an access database, both 2002. 
>> Some fields are not translating over to access at all and I cannot 
>> discover the reason. For instance one field is client/matter number and 
>> the values often repeat. The identical value will sometimes show up and 
>> other times be the #!NUM# I cannot interpret value.> > Any thoughts of 
>> some gotchas to look for? > > Debbie > > Debbie Elam> > -- > AccessD 
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