Yesterday I was trying to append some data to an existing file on an SQL server database and got an unknown error. Now, I’m not sure why it seems that every error one encounters in this situation is unknown, but this one had me scratching my head.
I was importing 5 files of survey data into a master database, and the incoming data was coming out of an online survey package. The surveys were all nearly identical, copies of an original, and had the same excel format.
So why was one kicking up an error?
Simple: I’d added one column to all 5 files, and in the process misspelled it in one file. Access didn’t tell me that, and it took a while for me to figure it out but there it was. Change the name, and no errors.
So Access Import Sanity Check #15: Check the spelling of the column/field names!
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