Data types

Short Text (formerly “text”) - maximum number of 255 characters, can be letters, numbers, spaces or symbols

Number - contains positive or negative numbers on which arithmetic operations will be performed.

Currency - contains monetary data.

Long text (formerly Memo) - contains text that can exceed 255 characters

Date/time - stores dates or times

Autonumber - stores a unique sequential number that Access assigns to a record

Yes/No - contains one of two values: true/false, on/off...

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