Convert to Long Integer in Loop

silentwolf

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Hi guys,

as I am importing an Excel Worksheet into my access database I need some assistance to convert a column in Excel to a longInteger Field in Access.

Code:
Sub FillAllCellsWithLongInteger()
    Dim Zeile As Integer
    Dim ZeileMax As Long
    
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    
    With ActiveSheet
        ZeileMax = .Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
    
        For Zeile = 2 To ZeileMax
            .Cells(Zeile, 17).Value = CLng(59)
        Next
    End With
    
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

This is what I tried.

In Excel the column(17) is blank and I fill it with the number 59. This is a dummy so to say .. As I need this column to be a field with longInteger datatype in Access I did try to convert it to Long in my code.
When I import that worksheet in access I get doule Datatyp tough. So I was wondering if someone knows how to be able to get around this.

Many thanks

Albert
 

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It will be more interesting to see the code that does the import, if it is done by code that is.
Do you run the import code from access or from excel.
If you do it manually you can easily change the data format /Field size manually.
If you import in an existing table you can set the field size manually in advance.

Turns out DAO does not allow changing an existing field size you can use SQL:
Code:
CurrentDB.Execute "ALTER TABLE [COLOR=#ff0000]tblMytable [/COLOR]ALTER COLUMN [COLOR=#ff0000]fldMyField[/COLOR] LONG"

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Hi thanks Bosan42,

I do the import with access and yes via code.. it's just a TransferSpreadsheet Code

Code:
Sub ImportExcelSpreadsheet(FileName As String, TableName As String)
On Error GoTo BadFormat
    DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet acImport, acSpreadsheetTypeExcel12Xml, TableName, FileName, True
    Exit Sub
BadFormat:
    MsgBox "Das war keine Excel Datei!"
End Sub

But I will try it with your SQL Statement .

Many Thanks
 
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