Re: Importing text files with accents into Access

From: John Nurick (j.mapSoN.nurick_at_dial.pipex.com)
Date: 12/02/04


Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 22:20:17 +0000

Try using a different code page. Probably you need Western Europe
(Windows).

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 13:45:11 -0800, "Sergio Asensio" <Sergio
Asensio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a txt file containing names and address, some of which have accents.
>I'm able to import everything into Access but any letters containing accents
>come out as giberish. I've got my language bar set to United States -
>International and I'm got the "Import Specification" language set to "ALL"
>and the Code Page set to "OEM United States". Any ideas what may be causing
>the problem?

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John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]
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