Moving from text to varchar(MAX): Are there any troubles to expect with MS Access?

Question

It is well-known that MS Access applications (MDBs) using SQL Server backends have trouble with certain data types. For example,

• bit field sup

Answer 1

At work, we have the same setup as well (Access 2003 frontend, SQL Server 2005 backend) and we did exactly what you are asking about:

We had SQL Server tables with text/ntext columns, and we changed them to varchar(max)/nvarchar(max).
We didn't experience any problems at all, if I remember it correctly we didn't even have to re-link the tables in Access...it just worked.