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Microsoft Access User Attributes - what is fme attribute data type for the memo field (character data up to a length of 65,536 characters)?

  • May 14, 2019
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Which fme attribute data type to use in the schema definition file, that dynamic writer will be using to output the ms access tables? When I am using fme_char(65,536 ) and fme_varchar(65,536), workspace truncates fields to 255 characters...

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david_r
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  • May 15, 2019

Try using the fme_buffer datatype, it's an unbounded string of characters.

Docs: http://docs.safe.com/fme/2019.0/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Workbench/!FeatureTypeProperties/FME-Data-Types.htm


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  • May 21, 2019

Try using the fme_buffer datatype, it's an unbounded string of characters.

Docs: http://docs.safe.com/fme/2019.0/html/FME_Desktop_Documentation/FME_Workbench/!FeatureTypeProperties/FME-Data-Types.htm

Thanks @david_r it works with fme_buffer