Invalid Memo, OLE, or Hyperlink Object in subquery

Question

Im tryna get an MS Access query to display the top 3 athletes from my dataset, based off of their total points. The total points are in a different table to the athletes and their info, which is making it difficult for me, as i am a noob. Ive got this code which i believe should work;

SELECT [m].ChildsName, [m].MembershipType, [r].TotalPoints
FROM [Members] AS m, [Results] AS r
WHERE ([m].[MembershipType]) In 
   (SELECT TOP 3 [m].MembershipType 
    FROM [Members], [Results]
    WHERE ChildsName = m.ChildsName
    ORDER BY [r].TotalPoints DESC, [m].MembershipType)
ORDER BY [m].ChildsName, [r].TotalPoints DESC , [m].MembershipType;

Only problem is it doesnt work. it brings up the error: Invalid Memo, OLE, or Hyperlink Object in subquery '[m].MembershipType'

All this stuff is being pulled from the 2 tables, members and results

Answer 1

The Memo data type is now called "Long Text".

The problem is that if you have a select within a select you cannot use a memo field so maybe transform your field into short text. Mind that short text is limited to 255 characters afaik.