John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Jul 19 07:25:30 CDT 2005
Yes, with the exception of memo fields which can hold anywhere from 0 to 32K bytes. A definition of how many bytes are required for each data type is available out there somewhere. Just add them up. An MDB container can contain 2gbytes IIRC. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Kaup, Chester Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 8:09 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] How big can table get? I have a table that I am going to be populating with data. I know the field types and sizes. Is there a way to estimate the maximum number of records the table can hold within the database? Chester Kaup Engineering Technician Kinder Morgan CO2 Company, LLP Office (432) 688-3797 No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. FAX (432) 688-3799 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com