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ACCESS 2007 DATABASE SIZE
Is there a database size limit for Access 2007 or is it determined by
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ACCESS 2007 DATABASE SIZE
As far as I know, the size limit is 2 Gigs if you are using Jet or ACE as the
data repository. If you are using MS SQL server, then the limits are those for your version of MS SQL server. If you are using Oracle or MySql or ... then the size limits are governed by those applications. However if you choose to split the data into multiple Access (Jet or ACE) backends you can in theory have really large databases (up to 2 gigabytes for each of the linked backends). I suspect that the performance could (probably would) be terrible if you needed to do this. John Spencer Access MVP 2002-2005, 2007-2009 The Hilltop Institute University of Maryland Baltimore County Jim wrote: Is there a database size limit for Access 2007 or is it determined by storage space? |
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"John Spencer" wrote in message
... However if you choose to split the data into multiple Access (Jet or ACE) backends you can in theory have really large databases (up to 2 gigabytes for each of the linked backends). I suspect that the performance could (probably would) be terrible if you needed to do this. Of course, you wouldn't be able to set relations between tables in different backends. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) |
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To clarify ..........
You would be able to set relationships between tables in a backend. You wouldn't be able to set relationships between tables in different backends. Steve "Douglas J. Steele" wrote in message ... "John Spencer" wrote in message ... However if you choose to split the data into multiple Access (Jet or ACE) backends you can in theory have really large databases (up to 2 gigabytes for each of the linked backends). I suspect that the performance could (probably would) be terrible if you needed to do this. Of course, you wouldn't be able to set relations between tables in different backends. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) |
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ACCESS 2007 DATABASE SIZE
"John Spencer" wrote in message ... However if you choose to split the data into multiple Access (Jet or ACE) backends you can in theory have really large databases (up to 2 gigabytes for each of the linked backends). I suspect that the performance could (probably would) be terrible if you needed to do this. Not as bad as one would think. In the huge 30 GB Access 2.0 database I once worked on, a list box selection named the table, and a record could be retrieved in a few seconds. In an Access 2003 database with 2, 1+ GB backends, joined with a union query. A record could be retrieved from over 12 million rows in about 20 seconds. Considering that it had to completely run the union query first, that isn't too bad. -- Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP http://www.datastrat.com http://www.mvps.org/access http://www.accessmvp.com |
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