[AccessD] Import Bad data?

I don't think its corrupt.  The DBA can export the records just fine...there is just some offending character(s) that Access absolutely is choking on.  Anytime I try to bring in or reference that field of the record in question( a linked table)...Access dies.  I was just trying to avoid having the dba do an export.  I have a manual work around...just was curious if anyone had a suggestion about programming around such a catastophic failure(detect the failure and STOP or skip the record instead of crashing)...right now...I'm using the failure to isolate the records in question.
 
Thanks,
 
Mark

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> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:31:44 -0800
> From: cfoust at infostatsystems.com
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Import Bad data?
>
> Does the record contain a memo field, perhaps? If so, it sounds like
> it's been corrupted. One option is to import all the other fields but
> not the memo field into your database maintaining the table structure.
> Then do an append of the memo fields on the key joins between the two
> tables. You should be able to get everything except the bad fields.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark A Matte
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:42 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Import Bad data?
>
>
> I can't even pull this record in with a select statement...as a query or
> in vba as a recordset?
>
> I'm trying to avoid having the dba export to a text file...as they are
> not fans of this process to begin with.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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>> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 10:24:11 -0600
>> From: garykjos at gmail.com
>> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Import Bad data?
>>
>> You could Export to a Text file and then read through that with vba
>> text handling code to parse through and scrub the offending characters
>
>> and then save the corrected file and import that. I've done that when
>> someone provided me with several huge exported data files that didn't
>> have the correct combination of CR & LF at the end of records and so
>> it fouled up a direct import for me.
>>
>> Longtime AccessD contributor Seth Galitzer has some code samples on
>> his website for "FILE I/O in VB" that you can download and have a look
>
>> at.
>>
>> http://seth.galitzer.net/node/11
>>
>> Once you get the file open parsing through the text and either
>> ignoring characters or replacing them with something else isn't too
>> tough. It's been a long time since I've done it but I could MAYBE hunt
>
>> up my code if you are really stumped by that.
>>
>> GK
>>
>> On 2/9/09, Mark A Matte wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I'm not expecting an answer I'll like...but I'll try.
>>>
>>> I'm importing a large number of records from Informix to Access via
> odbc. There is a large text/memo field...that apparently has some
> characters access does not like. I do not get an error message...access
> just says "an error has occurred...do you want to tell MS"...then
> closes.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to think of a way to detect/program around this. So
> far...its a very manual process. I loop through 2 days worth at a
> time...that way I don't have to start over from the beginning everytime.
> When it crashes...I pull in just the PKs for that date range...loop
> through them...imort the text field 1 record at a time...store in temp
> table...when it crashes...I compare the PKs to the temp table...the next
> PK not in the temp is the offender.
>>>
>>> This is very manual and time consuming...any ideas/suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark A. Matte
>>>
>>>
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