# 64-bit TOAD error export to Microsoft Access **URL:** \ **Category:** Toad for Oracle - Beta\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/64-bit-toad-error-export-to-microsoft-access/33116 "2015-04-14T08:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wickliffe.larry](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/wickliffe.larry/32/228_2.png) [@wickliffe.larry](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/wickliffe.larry)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/64-bit-toad-error-export-to-microsoft-access/33116/1 "2015-04-14T08:09:36Z")
When I try to export a dataset to Microsoft access, I get the attached error. Export to Microsoft Excel works fine (if it was a 64-bit thing, I would expect Excel to fail, too; they are the same Office Package). I’m running 64-bit TOAD version 12.7.0.73; but this error has happened since 64-bit TOAD first came out. How can I get export to Microsoft Access to work? The work around mentioned on TOAD World, using a different file extension, fails: [http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/21214.aspx?Redirected=true](http://www.toadworld.com/products/toad-for-oracle/f/10/t/21214.aspx?Redirected=true) (John Dorlon / 30 Jan 2014 at 2:22pm This was recently discovered and it is fixed in beta. As a workaround, if you export with the .accdb extension instead of .mdb, it will work. ) Larry 703-508-4945 [Access\_error\_from\_TOAD.docx](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/0/0a3d95a6bfac7e8def6e8586178627407d5c1717.docx) (23 KB) ---
**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/64-bit-toad-error-export-to-microsoft-access/33116/2 "2015-04-14T08:29:26Z")
Export to Access requires the same bitness as Toad. Exporting to Excel does not require the same bitness, due to differences in the mechanics of these two exports.