[AccessD] On DB Bloat, Bad DB Design, and various

I believe the limit was raised to 4K+ with A2K.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 4:32 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] On DB Bloat, Bad DB Design, and various


Having never heard this before, I created an Access table with 9 text
(255) fields and successfully added a row. Then I decided to add some
more fields to the table, all text 255. I quit at 20, where I was able
to add and edit a row.

This is Access 2002 so your results may differ. In this version, the 2k
limit is no longer. The database is Access 2000 style, so this must have
been true then too.

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jürgen Welz
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 2:02 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] On DB Bloat, Bad DB Design, and various


"Unnecessary" size restrictions on fields ensure that a record can be
saved.
  If you have more than 8 text fields at 255 characters per field,
Access
will refuse to save the record.  Have you forgotten the the 2k character

limit on record size in mdb files?

Ciao
Jürgen Welz
Edmonton, Alberta
jwelz at hotmail.com