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Error: "The field is too small to accept the amount of data you attempted to add" When updating Memo field

Asked by shambalad in Microsoft Access Database

Tags: Microsoft, Access, 2003

I am have a routine that loads the SQL for a query to a memo field. When I run it I get an Error:
The field is too small to accept the amount of data you attempted to add.  (-2147217887)
I have tried trimming the string, but that is not fixing it.
As part of my debugging on this, I have been debug.printing the SQL and the length of the SQL String. The one that is abending has a length of 142. Interestingly enough, there is an earlier SQL string that is successfully loading out to the filed with a length of 145. Not sure what is going on here.
I create the table using ADOX. When I look at the table in Design view the 'SQL' field I am trying to update has a type of 'Memo'.
Can anyone explain to me why this is happening and what I can do to get this routine to work? 
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Option Compare Database
Option Explicit
 
Public Sub LoadTblQueryList()
Dim rst As ADODB.Recordset
Dim qry As DAO.QueryDef
Dim strTable As String
Dim strSQL As String
Dim strQry As String
Dim strMsg As String
Dim lngLen As Long
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
 
' Create tblQueryList
strTable = "tblQueryList"
If Not CreateTblQueryList(strTable) Then
   GoTo ExitSub
End If   'If Not CreateTblQueryList(strTable)
 
'Open the output table
Set rst = New ADODB.Recordset
rst.Open strTable, CurrentProject.Connection, _
         adOpenKeyset, adLockOptimistic, adCmdTable
 
' Get the SQL for the query
For Each qry In CurrentDb.QueryDefs
   strQry = qry.Name
   Debug.Print "Query: " & strQry
         
   strSQL = Trim(qry.SQL)
   lngLen = Len(strSQL)
   Debug.Print "Length: " & lngLen
   Debug.Print "SQL: " & strSQL
   
   rst.AddNew
   rst.Fields(0) = strQry
   rst.Fields(1) = strSQL  '<= Field is too small Error here
   rst.Update
Next
 
ExitSub:
Exit Sub
 
ErrorHandler:
DoCmd.Hourglass False
Select Case Err.Number
   ' Invalid SQL
   Case 3258
      strSQL = "Invalid query - ambiguous join"
      Resume Next
   Case Else
      strMsg = "Error: " & Err.Description & _
         " (" & Err.Number & ")" & NL & _
         "Query: " & strQry
   Debug.Print strMsg
   MsgBox strMsg
   Resume ExitSub
End Select
End Sub
 
 
Private Function CreateTblQueryList(strTable As String) As Boolean
Dim adxTbl As ADOX.Table
Dim cat As ADOX.Catalog
Dim strMsg As String
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
 
Set cat = New Catalog
cat.ActiveConnection = CurrentProject.Connection
 
strTable = "tblQueryList"
Set adxTbl = New Table
With adxTbl
   .Name = strTable
   With .Columns
      .Append "QueryName", adVarWChar, 50
      .Append "QuerySQL", adLongVarWChar
   End With 'With .Columns
End With    'With adxTbl
 
cat.Tables.Append adxTbl
Set cat = Nothing
    
CreateTblQueryList = True
ExitFunction:
Exit Function
 
ErrorHandler:
DoCmd.Hourglass False
Select Case Err.Number
   ' Table already exists
   Case -2147217857
      cat.Tables.Delete strTable
      Resume
   Case Else
      strMsg = "Error: " & Err.Description & _
         " (" & Err.Number & ")"
   MsgBox strMsg
   Resume ExitFunction
End Select
End Function
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