Data truncated after 255 bytes while using Microsoft.Ace.Oledb.12.0 provider

Question

I am reading an excel sheet using the ACE provider and certain cells contain data greater than 255 bytes. I tried changing the TypeGuessRows in the registry settings as well as

Answer 1

refer this link. I think this is the problem (try with Memo fields)

http://allenbrowne.com/ser-63.html

In Access tables, Text fields are limited to 255 characters,but Memo fields can handle 64,000 characters (about 8 pages of single-spaced text)

Nice workaround: have a look at this stack answer