Field Lengths Don't Impact Table Size

Sep 28, 2006

I just discovered that field lengths don't influence table size because Access doesn't pad fields.

A text field with length 20 or 255 doesn't impact the size of the table, just the data in the field does.

I did a test to confirm this.

This blew me away.

So now I ask why do we specify field length for text fields?

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Mar 27, 2006

Not sure if this is a Table question, a General question or what exactly. I'm working with a lot of records (millions of them). Assuming each record/field contains identical data, I'm wondering which would result in a larger overall DB size:

- 10 million records, 4 fields each
- 30 million records, 2 fields each

What I have is a table something like this:
Record No./Attrib1/Attrib2/Attrib3 (~10 million records).

I could make it Record No./Attrib, which would have roughly 3 times the number of records. I say roughly because not all Attrib have values (currently zero filled but would be eliminated).

I'm hitting the maximum size for an MS 97 database (1 GB), so I'm looking to do whatever possible to stay small.

Any input/suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Sep 15, 2005

I need help with a required field that has different character lengths.

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I have 3 different policy number lengths involved, 7, 8 and 9.
They are different kinds as well, alpha, alpha/numeric and numeric.

Example below:
P###### - 7 characters
02###### - 8 characters
02M##### - 8 characters
NX####### - 9 characters
HX###### - 8 characters
HXL##### - 8 characters
HXM##### - 8 characters

My question is this -- do I have to create 7 different forms or can I program it to accept only the certain (policy#) characters above. Or can I create a query to insert into my form.

Any help is appreciated, Thanks as always.

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Sep 15, 2005

I need help with a required field that has different character lengths.

I have an input mask that covers the first 7 characters, however, the users are still entering the incorrect policy numbers, I need to put a stop to it.

I have 3 different policy number lengths involved, 7, 8 and 9.
They are different kinds as well, alpha, alpha/numeric and numeric.

Example below:
P###### - 7 characters
02###### - 8 characters
02M##### - 8 characters
NX####### - 9 characters
HX###### - 8 characters
HXL##### - 8 characters
HXM##### - 8 characters

My question is this -- do I have to create 7 different forms or can I program it to accept only the certain (policy#) characters above. Or can I create a query to insert into my form.

Any help is appreciated, Thanks as always.

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I would first set up a target table with fields of specific lengths, and when the data is inserted, the data that fits would insert into these fields, and data that didn't would be truncated..I guess my problem is that when the new table is created it makes all the fields string 255 which is too long when I goto export the data, without having to clip/trim the data for use.

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Way back in the dBASE III days, dBASE would pad all your "real" information with as many spaces as necessary to fill up your field. I suspect that the MDB structure is probably smarter than that.


Another question on the same topic - I believe there is a maximum number of characters in a record (4000?). Can your field sizes add up to more than 4000, as long as the actual data, all combined, never totals 4000...?
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I've done some searches on this, and wasn't able to find an answer--just a hint that this isn't possible. So, I'm asking to be sure.

I know there is a limit to field size at 255--but is there ANY way around that?? I'm transferring a file where some fields have a lot of information, usually not more than 255, but what's there HAS to be there.

If there's no way around it, I'll just have to make an overflow field and move them manually. There have been too many changes made to the table already to start from scratch.

Can I just state... for the record.. that 255 is a stupid limit. It's stupid to HAVE a limit.. it's like Gates saying that we'll never need more then 24 or 500k or whatever the number was.

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Hi.
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