Five Ways To Import Data Into An Access Database   There are four different ways of getting data into Access that will work pretty much 99.9% of the time. Method #1: Manual Input Method #2: Cut-&-Paste Method #3: Import text files and Method #4: Link to another database More Access Database Tutorials >What Is A [...]

Once you have mastered importing data into Access using a Comma Delimited file the next step on your journey is importing fixed width files Once again we will use Access database’s Text Import Wizard but this time we will go down a different road. Fixed width text files are a little bit trickier to import [...]

A Fixed Width Text File is another type of text file that is often used to transfer large amounts of data into an Access database. A fixed width text file contains fields in specific positions within each line. Fixed Width Text files are most common in mainframe data feeds but can be found in other [...]

One of the quickest and easiest ways of getting data into an Access database is to import a Comma Delimited (CSV) text file. In a comma delimited file the fields are separated by commas which makes them easy to create but there are a few nuances that you will have to be aware of. In [...]

Before we get into the business of importing a comma delimited file into our Access database I want to answer the question: what is a CSV file? CSV files are actually quite popular as most programs have the option of exporting data in a CSV format. Access makes it very easy to import comma delimited [...]