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\u00a0Microsoft \u00ae<\/sup>Access Specifications from the Microsoft\u00ae<\/sup> Access Help Files.\u00a0\u00a0 Note, while these are from the Access 2010 Help files they do apply to earlier versions, as well as, thru Access 2016 desktop databases.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0General<\/strong><\/address>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total size for an Access 2010 database (.accdb), including all database objects and data<\/td>\n2 gigabytes, minus the space needed for system objects. Note You can work around this size limitation by linking to tables in other Access databases. You can link to tables in multiple database files, each of which can be as large as 2GB.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total number of objects in a database<\/td>\n32,768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of modules (including forms and reports that have the HasModule property set to True)<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in an object name<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a password<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a user name or group name<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of concurrent users<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\u00a0Table<\/strong><\/address>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a table name<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a field name<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of fields in a table<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of open tables<\/td>\n2,048 including linked tables and the tables opened internally by Access<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Table size<\/td>\n2 gigabyte minus the space needed for the system objects<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a Text field<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a Memo field<\/td>\n65,535 when entering data through the user interface; 1 gigabyte of character storage when entering data programmatically<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size of an OLE Object field<\/td>\n1 gigabyte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of indexes in a table<\/td>\n32 including indexes created internally to maintain table relationships, single-field and composite indexes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of fields in an index or primary key<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a validation message<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a validation rule including punctuations and operators<\/td>\n2,048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a field or table description<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a record (excluding Memo and OLE Object fields) when the UnicodeCompression property of the fields is set to Yes<\/td>\n4,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a field property setting<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\u00a0Query<\/strong><\/address>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of enforced relationships<\/td>\n32 per table, minus the number of indexes that are on the table for fields or combinations of fields that are not involved in relationships*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of tables in a query<\/td>\n32*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of joins in a query<\/td>\n16*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of fields in a recordset<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Recordset size<\/td>\n1 gigabyte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sort limit<\/td>\n255 characters in one or more fields<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of levels of nested queries<\/td>\n50*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a cell in the query design grid<\/td>\n1,024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters for a parameter in a parameter query<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of AND operators in a WHERE or HAVING clause<\/td>\n99*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in an SQL statement<\/td>\nApproximately 64,000*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
*Maximum values might be lower if the query includes multivalued lookup fields.<\/address>\n
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\u00a0Form and Report<\/strong><\/address>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a label<\/td>\n2,048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a text box<\/td>\n65,535<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form or report width<\/td>\n22,75 in. (57.79 cm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Section height<\/td>\n22.75 in. (57.79 cm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height of all sections plus section headers (in Design view)<\/td>\n200 in. (508 cm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of levels of nested forms or reports<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of fields or expressions that you can sort or group on in a report<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of headers and footers in a report<\/td>\n1 report header\/footer; 1 page header\/footer; 10 group headers\/footers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of printed pages in a report<\/td>\n65,536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of controls and sections that you can add over the lifetime of the form or reportNeed to know how many controls you’ve *used* already?In Design View of any form go to the VBA Editor\u00a0and in the\u00a0Immediate window type:
\n?Forms(“FormName”).Controls.Count<\/strong><\/td>\n		754<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in an SQL statement that serves as the Recordsource or Rowsource property of a form, report, or control (both .accdb and .adp)<\/td>\n32,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\u00a0Macro<\/strong><\/address>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of actions in a macro<\/td>\n999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a condition<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a comment<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in an action argument<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Project specifications<\/strong>The following list of tables applies to Access 2010 and Access 2007 projects<\/strong>:
\n\u00a0General<\/strong><\/address>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of objects in an Access project (.adp)<\/td>\n32,768<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of modules (including forms and reports that have the HasModule property set to True)<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in an object name<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of columns in a table<\/td>\n250 (Microsoft SQL Server 6.5)\u00a0 1024 (Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, 2000 and 2005)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Form and Report<\/strong><\/address>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a label<\/td>\n2,048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a text box (memo field, else 255)<\/td>\n65,535<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Form or report width<\/td>\n22 in. (55.87 cm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Section height<\/td>\n22 in. (55.87 cm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Height of all sections plus section headers (in Design view)<\/td>\n200 in. (508 cm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of levels of nested forms or reports<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of fields or expressions that you can sort or group on in a report<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of headers and footers in a report<\/td>\n1 report header\/footer; 1 page header\/footer; 10 group headers\/footers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of printed pages in a report<\/td>\n65,536<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of controls and sections you can add over the lifetime of the form or report<\/td>\n754<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in an SQL statement that serves as the Recordsource or Rowsource property of a form, report, or control (both .accdb and .adp)<\/td>\n32,750<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\u00a0Macro<\/strong><\/address>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute<\/strong><\/td>\nMaximum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of actions in a macro<\/td>\n999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a condition<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in a comment<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of characters in an action argument<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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