how many fields are available in Access

J

John Vinson

Is it still 256 or has Microsoft fixed this problem with
Access yet?

255. And it's not a problem if you design databases using relational
principles; I've needed as many as 60 fields, twice in the past twenty
years, and I've built a tidy few databases.

If you want a spreadsheet rather than a relational database, consider
using Excel.
 
D

Douglas J. Steele

John Vinson said:
255. And it's not a problem if you design databases using relational
principles; I've needed as many as 60 fields, twice in the past twenty
years, and I've built a tidy few databases.

If you want a spreadsheet rather than a relational database, consider
using Excel.

Of course, Excel only allows 256 columns...
 

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