[AccessD] New database from hell

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John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 3/23/2012 2:12 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> Is there a good design reason to have a table with 430 fields or is this an
> indication of deficient design?
>
> Rocky
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:39 PM, jwcolby
> <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote:
>
>> I received a new "database from hell" today.  This one is actually CSV
>> format.  It came with a table specification which in no way matches
>> the actual file.  However it appears to be importing in with just a
>> few minor changes to the default 50 character default field width that
>> the SQL Server import wizard uses.
>>
>> The file came in a 24 gigabyte zip file.  Expanded it is 250 gigs.
>> Way to large for even UltraEdit (my tried and true champion) to open.
>> So I was unable to preview the data.  However I just used the SQL
>> Server import wizard to open the file and start looking at it.  SQL
>> Server truly is an amazing piece of work.
>>
>> No firm idea yet on the number of rows though I was told well over 100
>> million.  430 columns.
>>
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>> John W. Colby
>> Colby Consulting
>>
>> Reality is what refuses to go away
>> when you do not believe in it
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