What database capacity does access have

[Mugambi]

Hello access users!

I am working at the office in Nairobi and want to customize access for a
database at work.

Could you tell me what database size access supports.

Thank you

Daniel Mugambi

 

[John Nurick]

Answered in another group.

Hello access users!

I am working at the office in Nairobi and want to customize access for a
database at work.

Could you tell me what database size access supports.

Thank you

Daniel Mugambi

 

[anonymous]

John,
The question that was posed could as easily been posted in
ANY of the newsgroups, let alone this one. Instead of
being so blunt, why not just give an answer. Or at least
be polite enough to refer to the correct group.

In looking at answers in these groups, I have ssen too
much of the type of response you gave. It is not only
impolite, it is useless to the person posing the question.

-----Original Message-----
Answered in another group.

Hello access users!

I am working at the office in Nairobi and want to customize access for a
database at work.

Could you tell me what database size access supports.

Thank you

Daniel Mugambi

--
John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]

Please respond in the newgroup and not by email.
.

 

[John Nurick]

I suspect you may be misinterpreting the situation. The same person had
posted the same question to at least one other newsgroup at about the
same time. I had already answered there, and posted the message
"Answered in another group" so that people seeing it in this group would
not waste their time answering it.

Posting the same question separately to more than one newsgroup - known
as multi-posting - is considered bad manners. On the rare occasions when
it is necessary to post a question to more than one group, the correct
thing to do is to cross-post the question just once to both or all the
groups. That way, any responses in one group automatically appear in the
others, so everyone can benefit and no one misses out.

If I'd remembered at the time which group I'd answered in I would have
said so, but there were other things on my mind, like whether I would
get to work on time - people who answer questions here do so as
volunteers. Since then I've looked it up: m.p.a.gettingstarted.

John,
The question that was posed could as easily been posted in
ANY of the newsgroups, let alone this one. Instead of
being so blunt, why not just give an answer. Or at least
be polite enough to refer to the correct group.

In looking at answers in these groups, I have ssen too
much of the type of response you gave. It is not only
impolite, it is useless to the person posing the question.

-----Original Message-----
Answered in another group.

Hello access users!

I am working at the office in Nairobi and want to customize access for a
database at work.

Could you tell me what database size access supports.

Thank you

Daniel Mugambi

--
John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]

Please respond in the newgroup and not by email.
.

 

[Henry]

I remember it is 4GB, but don't go that far. It is file based database, not
RDBMS.

 

[Jeff Boyce]

Henry

You may wish to re-check "specification" in Access HELP. I suspect that
there is a 2 Gbyte limit (less for earlier versions).

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

Just to add to that explanation. If a question is correctly
posted to multiple groups with just one posting, then ALL
answers are visible in ALL groups.

As a courtesy to the wider community, it would be nice to
be able to refer across to another group where the message
has been answered, even when the original poster has concealed
that, and made it impossible for the news server to do so
automatically. But... I just don't memorise that information
as I do this.

And, as a courtesy to the wider community, it would be nice
to just repeat the answer in every place that the question
has been repeated, if the information was new. But... anyone
who wants the answer can look it up on Google, and posting the
answer again certainly won't stop people asking this question
again, so if I'm going to re-type the answer, I'd just as soon
wait until the next person asks.

(david)

John,
The question that was posed could as easily been posted in
ANY of the newsgroups, let alone this one. Instead of
being so blunt, why not just give an answer. Or at least
be polite enough to refer to the correct group.

In looking at answers in these groups, I have ssen too
much of the type of response you gave. It is not only
impolite, it is useless to the person posing the question.

-----Original Message-----
Answered in another group.

Hello access users!

I am working at the office in Nairobi and want to customize access for a
database at work.

Could you tell me what database size access supports.

Thank you

Daniel Mugambi

--
John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]

Please respond in the newgroup and not by email.
.

 

[Nikos Yannacopoulos]

Dear Anonymous,

Speaking of politeness, are you suggesting anonymous criticism is polite?

Nikos

John,
The question that was posed could as easily been posted in
ANY of the newsgroups, let alone this one. Instead of
being so blunt, why not just give an answer. Or at least
be polite enough to refer to the correct group.

In looking at answers in these groups, I have ssen too
much of the type of response you gave. It is not only
impolite, it is useless to the person posing the question.

-----Original Message-----
Answered in another group.

Hello access users!

I am working at the office in Nairobi and want to customize access for a
database at work.

Could you tell me what database size access supports.

Thank you

Daniel Mugambi

--
John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]

Please respond in the newgroup and not by email.
.