In a GROUP BY query, you can get the whole memo field by choosing First
instead of Group By in the total row under your memo field.
For a query that uses DISTINCT, omit the memo fields. Save the query. Then
use it as a source "table" in another query, joined to the one that contains
the memo. Since this new query is not using DISTINCT, you can now pull in
the entire memo field.
If you are actually trying to de-duplicate based on the contents of the memo
fields, you are out of luck. Access will compare the first 255 characters of
the memo only.
--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.
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<jacoballen@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1140070556.775844.81380@g47g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...[color=blue]
>I have a query that combines the results of three related tables. The
> memo fields are truncated to 255 characters, but I need all the
> information in them. I'm aware that removing code such as DISTINCT and
> GROUPBY will fix this problem (as discussed in other threads in this
> group), but I need to limit the query results to unique values, which
> is what DISTINCT does for me. Any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Jacob[/color]
