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A number field will not accept text. If it does accept text, then it cannot be a number field. Text fields can accept digits, but number fields cannot accept other text. They will only accept digits and other numeric components, like a decimal point for example. Sometimes you will define a field for numbers, such as phone number or code numbers to be text fields. In fact, that is what you should do for that type of data. You never do calculations with phone numbers, like adding them or getting averages, so they can be stored in text fields, as there is no need for them to be stored in number fields. Also, a zero at the start of a phone number, would disappear if entered into a number field, and it would also not allow things like spaces or brackets.
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What happens when text is entered in a number type field?
The insert will error due to the field definition of "number".
What is the maximum number of characters a text field can store in Microsoft access?
32,767 characters in a standard text field.
The maximum number of characters allowed in a field whose data type is text is 1024?
255 max for text
What is the number to get your number up on orange?
text number to 450 to get your number on the orange network
What happens when you enter numbers in a text data type field?
Nothing much. They are called alphanumerics. Street addresses are alphanumerics. They are numbers, but not numbers you would typically want to use in calculations. They are just symbols like the alphabet and many others.
