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Define what you mean by &quot;feeding&quot;. Are you using linked tables, or are you using queries?<br />
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The TEXT datatype compares to the MEMO datatype in Access. 
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Define what you mean by "feeding". Are you using linked tables, or are you using queries?

The TEXT datatype compares to the MEMO datatype in Access.

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I'm linking the tables from SQL to Access via an ODBC connection.
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I'm linking the tables from SQL to Access via an ODBC connection.

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I have a backend SQL2008 dB feeding an Access2003 front end. One field in SQL is used as a comments box, it has a datatype in SQL of TEXT.<br />
When this is used in Access &nbsp;the contents are limited to the first 256 characters.<br />
Is there a way round it?
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I have a backend SQL2008 dB feeding an Access2003 front end. One field in SQL is used as a comments box, it has a datatype in SQL of TEXT.
When this is used in Access  the contents are limited to the first 256 characters.
Is there a way round it?

Access 2003 does not shown all the contents of an ODBC SQL2008 TEXT datatype field

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.