Excel VBA form - textbox to export data over 255 characters from textbox

DannyJ,

First of all, for a textbox to hold more than 255 characters, you will have to make it a multi-line textbox.

Yes, sending that data to an Access table is fairly easy, but it would help to have more detail. However, this is the basic approach:

Generally I put my connection strings to the DB in a separate module, since I call them up often:

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Then in whatever triggers the upload (like a button on the form), put this code:

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Note that the access field's data type will have to be memo and not text to accomodate the string length.

Also, in Excel, in the VBA editor, go to Tools, References, and put a checkmark next to "Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 6.1 Library" (This will work for 2010 and above, but if your excel is older, you can also use 2.6 or 2.7 instead of 6.1)

No, it is not better to do it my way than yours as far as I know. In my case I don't only work with access but also with our MRP software, which uses a different database. The driver that allows us to connect does not support either of the methods in your code, so I have to actually use sql commands to put data in there, which is why I use my method.

I'm glad you were able to get it going, and well done on finding another way that works well for you

Also, thanks for the feedback, the rep, and for marking the thread as solved... much appreciated.