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Hello,

We faced the same issue some month ago...

Thinking about it, our choice was to fix the bad data before it is
inserted in the database.
It was possible because the data was inserted from a web page (and we
control the front end application)
If you do not control the application, I would suggest using a trigger to
convert any character below X'40' into space (or a special value).

Paul




From: Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 03/09/2015 20:51
Subject: Excel Add-in data transfer fails on bad data
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



i Access for Windows v7r1, at latest service level SI56695

I transfer data into Excel and occasionally will attempt to transfer a
record that causes a data conversion error (CWBTF0105). Thus far, it's
been caused by a byte in a character field that has a value of x'00',
x'11', or some other value less than x'20'. This is data from an external
source, so I have no control over it.

Ideally, it would be nice to have the transfer finish completely and add a
2nd worksheet in the spreadsheet that lists all of the errors it
encountered. Since I've seen no indication of such an option, I'm
wondering if there's a conversion setting that defaults a certain
character
when a non-convertable character is encountered.

Ideas appreciated.

- Dan

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