Linked table in MS Access needs a hyperlink column

Question

I've recently moved a table from MS Access 2003 into SQL Server 2005. Then in the Access DB I created a linked table back to the table in SQL Server to replace the original table.

So far everything is working great. With one exception. Several of the columns had a datatype of hyperlink in Access but now are VARCHAR(MAX). From what I can tell from research on-line there is no way to change one of the columns in a linked table back to a hyperlink.

So what I am asking is 1) Does anyone know better? Can a column in the linked table be changed back to a hyperlink? or 2) Does anyone know of a good workaround? The user's application seems to require the hyperlink datatype to work correctly.

Answer 1

As a workaround, store your link in the SQL Server text field with the format "display text#URL#" , eg. ...

Stack Overflow#https://stackoverflow.com/#

Then use a form with a text box bound to that text field and set the text box's Is Hyperlink property to Yes .

That's probably not what you had in mind. But since SQL Server doesn't offer a counterpart to Access' hyperlink data type, this is the best workaround I've found.