Question

I have a fairly simple MS Access Database that contains some metadata about a bunch of documents and a hyperlink field that links to the document on our network drive.

However, when I use a SQL INSERT statement to populate the hyperlink field, the value I give it only becomes the display text, not the actual link.

How can I make the value a functional hyperlink? I’d think that the hyperlink data type would actually create hyperlinks.

I’m using Access 2002 SP3.

Answer 1

I do not like hyperlink fields they are inconvenient and difficult to edit. It is much easier to use a text or memo field and use followhyperlink in the code for your form. That being said, the format for a hyperlink is:

DisplayPart#hyperlinkpart#

So

StackOverflow#http://stackoverflow.com#