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importing data

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Jean has attended:
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Importing data

I want to use the column headings as my field names when I am importing data fronm excel to access. It keeps saying there is an error. If I do not use the column headings the data is imported successfully. What is the problem?

Thanks

RE: importing data

Hello Jean,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Access course with BEST Training.
Thank you for your question regarding Importing.

When importing to Access you will usually get an option in one of the steps when using the IMPORT WIZARD, a box that you can tick saying "First row contains column headings".

That should give you the result you are are looking for.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Richard
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

RE: importing data

Hello Jean,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft Access course with BEST Training.
Thank you for your question regarding Importing.

When importing to Access you will usually get an option in one of the steps when using the IMPORT WIZARD, a box that you can tick saying "First row contains column headings".

That should give you the result you are are looking for.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Richard
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

Access tip:

Calculating The Difference Between Dates

If you wish to calculate the time between two date fields, this can be done in a number of ways:

1. As a calculated field in a query
2. As a calculated control in a form or report
3. As a calculation in a VBA procedure.

The basic syntax to get the number of days between two dates is:

=[One Date Field] - [Another Date Field]

You can also use one of the following functions:

=Month([One Date Field] - [Another Date Field])
which calculates the number of months between the two fields

=Year([One Date Field] - [Another Date Field])
which calculates the number of years between the two fields.

Another function is the DateDiff() function.

It uses an argument to determine how the time interval is measured. For example:

=DateDiff("q",[One Date Field] - [Another Date Field])
returns the number of quarters between the two fields.

Other intervals that can be used in this expression are as follows:
"yyyy" - Years
"m" - Months
"d" - Days
"w" - Weekdays
"ww" - Weeks
"h" - Hours
"n" - Minutes
"s" - Seconds

View all Access hints and tips

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