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2 gb limit

If the max size of an Access DB is about 2gb, and the DB is split, does each
item have its own 2 gb limit or does the combined size of linked tables add to
the size of the FE to get to the limit?

Chuck
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Apr 24 '07 #1
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Chuck wrote:
If the max size of an Access DB is about 2gb, and the DB is split, does each
item have its own 2 gb limit or does the combined size of linked tables add to
the size of the FE to get to the limit?

Chuck
This is from A97 help
Database (.mdb) file size 1 gigabyte. However, because your database can
include linked tables in other files, its total size is limited only by
available storage capacity.

IOW, you could have a very, very large database with a combination of
multiple mdbs if one so desired.
Apr 24 '07 #2

"salad" <oi*@vinegar.co mwrote in message
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Chuck wrote:
>If the max size of an Access DB is about 2gb, and the DB is split, does
each
item have its own 2 gb limit or does the combined size of linked tables
add to
the size of the FE to get to the limit?

Chuck

This is from A97 help
Database (.mdb) file size 1 gigabyte. However, because your database can
include linked tables in other files, its total size is limited only by
available storage capacity.

IOW, you could have a very, very large database with a combination of
multiple mdbs if one so desired.
And, yes, in Access 2000 and later the size of a single MDB was increased to
2GB.

Some have, in fact, used multiple databases and linked tables to circumvent
the limit, but most move to a client-server environment when the database
approaches this size.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
Apr 24 '07 #3
Larry Linson wrote:
"salad" <oi*@vinegar.co mwrote in message
news:nf******** ********@newsre ad2.news.pas.ea rthlink.net...
>>Chuck wrote:
>>>If the max size of an Access DB is about 2gb, and the DB is split, does
each
item have its own 2 gb limit or does the combined size of linked tables
add to
the size of the FE to get to the limit?

Chuck

This is from A97 help
Database (.mdb) file size 1 gigabyte. However, because your database can
include linked tables in other files, its total size is limited only by
available storage capacity.

IOW, you could have a very, very large database with a combination of
multiple mdbs if one so desired.


And, yes, in Access 2000 and later the size of a single MDB was increased to
2GB.
Hi Larry. I was under the impression you didn't gain much from the 1
gig increase to 2 gig size since it used Unicode. How does Unicode
affect file size?

>
Some have, in fact, used multiple databases and linked tables to circumvent
the limit, but most move to a client-server environment when the database
approaches this size.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

Apr 24 '07 #4
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:06:27 GMT, salad <oi*@vinegar.co mwrote:
>Chuck wrote:
>If the max size of an Access DB is about 2gb, and the DB is split, does each
item have its own 2 gb limit or does the combined size of linked tables add to
the size of the FE to get to the limit?

Chuck

This is from A97 help
Database (.mdb) file size 1 gigabyte. However, because your database can
include linked tables in other files, its total size is limited only by
available storage capacity.

IOW, you could have a very, very large database with a combination of
multiple mdbs if one so desired.
Thank you for the reply. I'll never nee it, just curious.

Chuck
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Apr 24 '07 #5
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:38:33 GMT, "Larry Linson" <bo*****@localh ost.notwrote:
>
"salad" <oi*@vinegar.co mwrote in message
news:nf******* *********@newsr ead2.news.pas.e arthlink.net...
>Chuck wrote:
>>If the max size of an Access DB is about 2gb, and the DB is split, does
each
item have its own 2 gb limit or does the combined size of linked tables
add to
the size of the FE to get to the limit?

Chuck

This is from A97 help
Database (.mdb) file size 1 gigabyte. However, because your database can
include linked tables in other files, its total size is limited only by
available storage capacity.

IOW, you could have a very, very large database with a combination of
multiple mdbs if one so desired.

And, yes, in Access 2000 and later the size of a single MDB was increased to
2GB.

Some have, in fact, used multiple databases and linked tables to circumvent
the limit, but most move to a client-server environment when the database
approaches this size.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
Thank you for the reply. I'll never need it, just curious.

Chuck
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Apr 24 '07 #6

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