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Asked: 2026-05-12T07:49:19+00:00

A Microsoft Access implementation is throwing a type mismatch error while trying to execute

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A Microsoft Access implementation is throwing a type mismatch error while trying to execute a macro that opens up some queries. Most of the tables are linked to a SQL Server and I need to join two of the tables together that have different datatypes.

Table A:
REFERENCE TEXT

Table B:
REFNO NUMBER

I would ordinarily want to correct the issue on the SQL Server side, but there are multiple apps hitting the same database and it would take a considerable amount of time to test all of them. Furthermore, we are in the process of completely rewriting this application and any work I do today is completely throw-away…

If there is a way to make this join possible in access, I would save all kinds of time…

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  1. Editorial Team

    Within Access you could use the CLng (or Cint) function to convert the Table A’s REFERENCE values from text to number.

    I would prefer to create a view of Table A in SQL Server to transform the field’s data type before Access gets the data. You shouldn’t need to test the view against your other existing apps. When your re-write make the view no longer useful, just discard it.

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