Question

I am using the DoCmd.TransferText in MS-Access-2010 VBA to export a table to a .csv file. However when I do this the resulting .csv file truncates the information in the table. For example the longitude -85.350223 becomes -85.35. How do I make it where the resulting .csv file is still comma delimited and keeps the full information from the table?

If I need to create an Import/Export specification and reference it in the command line using the SpecificationName feature of DoCmd.TransferText (assuming I have correctly interpreted this feature as a formatting tool) please explain how to do that.

Here is the line I am currently using to export the file to .csv:

DoCmd.TransferText acExportDelim, ,
“AllMetersAvgRSSI”,
CurrentProject.Path &
“\AllMetersAvgRSSI.csv”

Answer 1

I recommend you use this function taken from eraserve:

Here’s how you use/call it:

Call ExportToCSV("AllMetersAvgRSSI", _
                  CurrentProject.Path & "\AllMetersAvgRssi.csv")  

And here’s the function:

Public Function ExportToCSV(TableName As String , _ 
      strFile As String , _ 
      Optional tfQualifier As Boolean , _ 
      Optional strDelimiter As String = "," , _ 
      Optional FieldNames As Boolean ) As Byte

   'References: Microsoft Access 11.0 Object Library, Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library 
   'Set references by Clicking Tools and Then References in the Code View window 
   ' 
   ' Exports a table to a text file. 
   ' Accepts 
   ' Tablename: Name of the Target Table 
   ' strFile: Path and Filename to Export the table to 
   ' tfQualifier: True or False 
   'strDelimiter: String Value defaults to comma: , 
   ' FieldNames: True or False 
   ' 
   'USAGE: ExportToCSV TableName, strFile, True, ",", True 
   On Error GoTo errhandler  

   Dim intOpenFile As Integer , x As Integer 
   Dim strSQL As String , strCSV As String , strPrint As String , strQualifier As String 

   'Close any open files, not that we expect any 
   Reset 

   'Grab Next Free File Number 
   intOpenFile = FreeFile 

   'OPen our file for work 
   Open strFile For Output Access Write As # intOpenFile 

   'Write the contents of the table to the file 
   'Open the source 
   strSQL = "SELECT * FROM " & TableName & " As " & TableName 

   'set the qualifer 
   strQualifier = Chr( 34 ) 

   With CurrentDb.OpenRecordset(strSQL, dbOpenSnapshot) 

      'Check if we need Field Names 
      If FieldNames = True Then 

         For x = 0 To .Fields.Count - 1 
            If tfQualifier = True Then 
               'Write the Field Names as needed 
               'The Qualifier is strQualifier or Quote 
               strCSV = strCSV & strQualifier & strDelimiter & strQualifier & _ 
                     .Fields(x).Name 

               'Add last strQualifier 
               If x = .Fields.Count - 1 Then 
                  strCSV = strCSV & strQualifier 
               End If 
            Else 
               'Write the Field Names as needed 
               'No Qualifier 
               strCSV = strCSV & strDelimiter & .Fields(x).Name 

            End If 
         Next x 
         'Write to File 
         strPrint = Mid(strCSV, Len(strDelimiter) + 2 ) 
         Print # intOpenFile, strPrint 
      End If 

      'Write the CSV 
      Do Until .EOF 
         strCSV = "" 
         For x = 0 To .Fields.Count - 1 

            'Check for Qualifier 
            If tfQualifier = True Then 
               'The Qualifier is strQualifier or Quote 
               strCSV = strCSV & strQualifier & strDelimiter & strQualifier & _ 
                     Nz(.Fields(x), vbNullString)  

               'Add last strQualifier 
               If x = .Fields.Count - 1 Then 
                  strCSV = strCSV & strQualifier 
               End If 
            Else 
               'No Qualifier 
               strCSV = strCSV & strDelimiter & Nz(.Fields(x), vbNullString) 

            End If 
         Next x 

         'Eliminate Back to back strQualifiers or Qualifiers if changed 
         strCSV = Replace(strCSV, strQualifier & strQualifier, "" ) 

         strPrint = Mid(strCSV, Len(strDelimiter) + 2 ) 
         Print # intOpenFile, strPrint 
         .MoveNext 
      Loop 

   End With 

ExitHere: 
   'Close the file 
   Close # intOpenFile 

   Exit Function 

errhandler: 
   With Err 
      MsgBox "Error " & .Number & vbCrLf & .Description, _ 
            vbOKOnly Or vbCritical, "ExportToCSV" 
   End With 

   Resume ExitHere 
End Function 

You may also have success by changing the offending fields to text fields, or simply copying them into some temporary text fields before you do the export.