Re: jet database error when importing external txt data

Sanal

I haven't run across that before. Have you checked Google.com with the
error message?

Regards

Jeff Boyce
<Access MVP>

"Sanal Kisi" <sanal-underscore-kisi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0telg1987s85re6d8j355mb8i2eghei41m@xxxxxxxxxx
> Jeff,
>
> I rememer doing this years ago when working on MSAccess95. I used to
> create a database and import into this database my text data with
> fixed field width.
>
> Now, after I create a new database and do
> FILE -> GET_EXTERNAL_DATA -> IMPORT
> , select the text file and follow the screen, I end up with the
> mentioned error message.
>
> Regards.
>
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:13:41 -0700, "Jeff Boyce"
> <JeffBoyce_IF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Sanal
> >
> >I'm not sure what you mean by "an opened Access 2002 Format file".
> >
> >If you create a new fixed with data file and give it a new name, can you
> >open an Access .mdb file and import that one?
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Jeff Boyce
> ><Access MVP>
> >
> >
> >"Sanal Kisi" <sanal-underscore-kisi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >news:spajg19qqq9pkdoes0v3jpohnjq4mkrei7@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> Hello
> >>
> >> With MS Access 2002 (10.4302.4219) SP-2 and an opened Access2002
> >> Format file, I can't import a fixed width text data file into a DB.
> >>
> >> Every time I try, I receive the error message
> >>
> >> "the microsoft jet database engine could not find the object ". Make
> >> sure the object exists and that you spell its name and the path name
> >> correctly"
> >>
> >> and then another window saying
> >>
> >> "An error occured trying to import file '......filename.txt' The file
> >> was not imported."
> >>
> >> Any idea ?
> >>
> >> Best regards.
>

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