# Microsoft Access data types

**URL:** <https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/microsoft-access-data-types/9839>\
**Category:** UML\
**Created:** [October 24, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/microsoft-access-data-types/9839 "2007-10-24T06:51:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 24, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.visual-paradigm.com/t/microsoft-access-data-types/9839/1 "2007-10-24T06:51:09Z")

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Is there a way that the data types (like varchar) can be overwritten?  
I have to call the types string, but I can’t find a way to change the values. varchar is of the same data type, but I just need a value called string. I looked and this is in the programming language list, but I can’t seem to call this data type string.