Microsoft Access An Error Occurred Trying To Import File
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Type, Import/Export under the File menu or just good old copy and paste, the mechanics are not complicated. We’d like to mention some of the common problems that happen during the import/export process. Excel is very accommodating when it comes to data types. Numbers and dates can get converted to text fields if Excel fails to recognize them as a number or date. For instance, February 30 or Aplir 10 are not dates. If these are mistakenly entered as dates, Excel doesn’t give a warning. Spreadsheets that have http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_access-mso_other/importexport-specification-error-when-importing/9691d2ce-230e-455c-87ec-112b418c15cd been used for storing data over a long period of time typically have a wide variety of data type errors; the letter O has been typed for the number 0 or units have been typed into a number field like ‘3 pieces’ instead of just 3. When you move data into a brand new table in Access, the wizard analyzes the data being imported. Some http://www.igetit.net/newsletters/Y05_02/ExcelToAccess.aspx portion of the data is sampled to determine data type. The new table is constructed using this analysis. So, Access builds a table with a field called Sales that it guesses is currency. It creates a field called CustomerName that it guesses is text. Then it looks at the field called InvoiceDate and notices February 30. It knows that February 30 is not a date and therefore assumes that the data is text. If one record is text, the whole field is text! Arrgghhh! Again, no warning message is issued as no problem has occurred as far as Excel and Access are concerned. You must check your new table in design view as soon as you have imported it. In the picture here, we can see that both InvoiceDate and CreditLimit have been changed to text fields. It is very unlikely that fields with those names are text! You must go back to the source Excel file and track down the offending entries. Once your data has been scrubbed (expect a half-day for every year of data entries in Excel… just a rule of thumb, but never underestimate the amount of time spent sc
help? Post your question and get tips & solutions from a community of 418,589 IT Pros & Developers. It's quick & easy. Problems importing Excel into https://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/459299-problems-importing-excel-into-access Access P: n/a maztoo Hi I've seen this problem posted on this group http://www.helpinfo.com/index.jsp?k2dockey=1021044962051171207&formwassubmitted=true in the past but I am yet to find a solution to the problem. I'm trying to import a simple spreadsheet into Access but am getting a message saying 'An error occurred trying to import the file C:\blah\blah.xls. The file was not imported'. I try and import the file by going to an error the file menu in Access - Get External Data - Import... I've checked for validation errors but can't see any obvious problems. I have formatted the spreadsheet before trying to import it so that numeric cells are formatted as numbers, made sure there are no blank cells, copied the data into a new worksheet, made sure there are no unusual field headings. 80% of the time an error occurred I can import into Access with no problem but I can't see any reason for this not to work. No error file is created so it's very hard to understand why there is a problem. Any advice would be very gratefully received. I am running Access 2002 and Excel 2002 on a networked XP desktop. Feb 20 '06 #1 Post Reply Share this Question 1 Reply P: n/a Bill (The Original) It's ugly, it's stupid, but it might work. Highlight the spreadsheet and copy it. Open a new table in Access in datasheet view. Highlight the datasheet and paste in the sheet. If it works, look at your data for weirdness. If it does not work, move on to the next advice message. Feb 20 '06 #2 This discussion thread is closed Start new discussion Replies have been disabled for this discussion. Similar topics Importing from Excel problems importing into ms access Excel Import Problems Importing partial data to MS Access Table Q:Importing an Excel file into a VB application Importing Excel Importing "dirty" Excel file into Access importing Data from access Need help on importing an Excel Sheet into Access 2000 Importing a file i
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