What are the Access 2007 record table limits?

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billth

For a previous project I tried SQL Server with an Access 2003 front end. The
low record table limits in Access 2003 froced me to steer away from it as my
project grew. I tried using MYSQL, but it lacked the stability I needed. I
will have 10-15 million records in any one table in this new project.

Can Access2007 handle this? If not any suggestions?
 
I'm just wondering what specific "low record table limits" in Access 2003
you are talking about. A single table can be 2GB, less just a little
overhead. There is no specific record limit on tables in any version of
Access. If the 10 - 15 million records will amount to less than 2GB total
actual data, they can be handled in a single Access table. Because Microsoft
SQL Server is implemented with "multi-threading," you might find it to be
more responsive.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Office Access MVP
 
billth said:
For a previous project I tried SQL Server with an Access 2003 front end.
The
low record table limits in Access 2003 froced me to steer away from it as
my
project grew. I tried using MYSQL, but it lacked the stability I needed.
I
will have 10-15 million records in any one table in this new project.

Can Access2007 handle this? If not any suggestions?

Not comfortably. For that many records and Access front-end is fine, but
you'll need a bigger database engine, like SQL-Server after you start
increasing beyond 500 MB. There is a 2 GB limit, but in practical terms even
half of that is too big.
 

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