What is the maximum number of records in Access?

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Access has several limits. For fields in a table, you can have 254. For size of a single database, you can have 2 Gigabytes. Maximum objects in a database is 32,767.

How many records can you have in access?

2048. The actual number will be fewer because of tables opened internally by Microsoft Access. 2 GB minus the space needed for the system objects. 65,535 when entering data through the user interface; 1 GB when entering data programmatically.

How many records can an Access table handle?

Access doesn't measure capacity in terms of # of records. An Access 2010 database file can grow to 2 Gig. You can get around this by using linked files for your data tables. Was this reply helpful?

Can MS Access handle millions of records?

Access is well able to handle a million or 5 million records. SQL Server goes well into BILLIONS of records.

What is the maximum size of Access 2016 database?

Microsoft Access database: Maximum size of 2 gigabytes (includes all objects minus the space needed for system objects all database objects and data).

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