Question : Cannot Edit this cell

This is a wierd and bazar thing happening.
I have a TEXT field.

I copied a large text and pasted it into the field.

It seems like it only accepted 1025 chars.

Now when i try to delete the value or modify it i get an error message "Cannot Edit this cell".

This is a table, not a view.

And the properties of the field are:

I thought first that it might be something with my table so i created a test table with only a TEXT field. But still the same problem.
In fact It is STILL the same problem in all my databases. Not only with that database.

i could not find anything "usefull" about this is MSDN or microsoft knowledge base.

S.O.S.

Answer : Cannot Edit this cell

from SQL Server books online:

Results Pane
The Results pane shows the results of the most recently executed Select query. (The results of other query types are displayed in message boxes.)

In the Results pane you can:

View the result set for the most recently executed Select query in a spreadsheet-like grid.

Edit the values in individual columns in the result set, add new rows, and delete existing rows. For details, see Editing Rows in the Results Pane.
If you change the query definition (for example, add another output column to the query), the Query Designer dims the Results pane to indicate that it no longer reflects the current query. However, you can still navigate in the Results pane grid to edit, add, or delete rows.

Data in the Results Pane
When you execute a Select query, open a view, or open a table, the result set appears in the Results pane.

The Results pane uses these conventions:

Columns containing no value display the word .


Columns containing binary data display the word . You cannot edit the contents of these of columns.


Columns containing long varchar-type data display up to 900 characters of data. If the data is longer, the cell displays .


Columns format number, currency, time, and date information according to the options set in the Regional Settings dialog box in the Microsoft® Windows® Control Panel.
See Also
Adding New Rows in the Results Pane | Deleting Rows in the Results Pane | Determining When Query Results Can Be Updated | Editing Rows in the Results Pane | Removing Columns from Query Output | Reordering Output Columns

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To enter a NULL value into a cell, press CTRL+0.

You can edit a memo-type column (such as a text, memo, or long character column) if the column does not display . The Results pane can accept up to 900 characters of text in memo-type columns. If you are typing in a cell and exceed the amount of text that the Results pane can accept, the Query Designer will beep to indicate that you have exceeded this limit.

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