[AccessD] Query Results Too Big?

Nope.  All one big drive.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at hotmail.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Query Results Too Big?


> Do you have more than one drive?
>
> I have had this kind of message when I was working on my D: drive with
> sufficient space available but my C: drive was too full. Seems as this
> temporary work space was on the C:  drive - might have been in C:\Temp,
not
> sure though. I did a search for files modified in the last day and found
the
> files it was creating. I'm not sure they were MDB files, seems as though
> they were a different extension.  Things get squirrelly when you get under
> 10% free on the main OS drive.
>
> I often do queries with as many as 6 million rows in a table and a couple
a
> hundred thousand in another. I would also wonder if you are somehow
getting
> some kind of a cartesan product type of a result.....Check your joins and
> make sure your not joining something where they all join to everything in
> the other table.
>
> PS - sorriy if this posts multiple times - been getting "server to busy"
> messages from HOTMAIL when I try to send it.....seems as if they didn't go
> through so I kept trying - this is send attempt #3
>
> Gary Kjos
> garykjos at hotmail.com
>
>
>
> >From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
> >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem
> >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem
> >solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Query Results Too Big?
> >Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:22:51 -0700
> >
> >Jim:
> >
> >I've got 3 1/2 GB free.  That enough?  Must be if the 2GB Access db limit
> >is any indication.  If the temp tables holding the query results are
inside
> >the db then quite possibly is hitting the Access limit without using up
all
> >the hd space?  It's a select query.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Rocky Smolin
> >Beach Access Software
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Jim Dettman
> >   To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> >   Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:51 AM
> >   Subject: RE: [AccessD] Query Results Too Big?
> >
> >
> >   Rocky,
> >
> >   <<
> >   I have a query which is the record source for a report which
eventually
> >craps out with the message 'Not enough space on temporary disk' or some
> >such.  The query is joining 2 tables which each have over 2 million
> >records.
> >   >>
> >
> >    What type of query is it?  If it's creating a snapshot of the data,
> >then you could easily run out of disk space.  How much free space do you
> >have on your drive?  I've done queries with 1,500,000 records without
> >problems.
> >
> >   <<
> >   Is there a limit to how big a query result Access can generate?  Is
> >there a setting to increase the limit?
> >   >>
> >
> >     The only one I'm aware of is the 2048 table reference limit and the
> >fact that it must "compile" (Microsoft's term not mine) into a memory
space
> >slightly larger then 64K (they have never said how much larger).
> >
> >   Jim Dettman
> >   President,
> >   Online Computer Services of WNY, Inc.
> >   (315) 699-3443
> >   jimdettman at earthlink.net
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin -
> >Beach Access Software
> >     Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:39 AM
> >     To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> >     Subject: [AccessD] Query Results Too Big?
> >
> >
> >     Dear List:
> >
> >     I have a query which is the record source for a report which
> >eventually craps out with the message 'Not enough space on temporary
disk'
> >or some such.  The query is joining 2 tables which each have over 2
million
> >records.
> >
> >     Is there a limit to how big a query result Access can generate?  Is
> >there a setting to increase the limit?
> >
> >     I think I may have reached the limit of Access and am looking now
for
> >other ways to give the user what they want.  Short of going to MSDE.
> >
> >     TIA
> >
> >     Rocky Smolin
> >     Beach Access Software
> >
>
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