Maximum Capacity Specifications Comparison Table For Access, SQL Server 7, 2000 And MSDE 2000

Parameter
Access 2000/XP
SQL Server 7.0
SQL Server 2000
MSDE 2000

Number of instances per server
n/a
n/a
16
16

Number of databases per instance / server
n/a
32,767
32,767
32,767

Number of objects per database
32,768
2,147,483,647
2,147,483,647
2,147,483,647

Number of users per database
n/a
16,379
16,379
16,379

Number of roles per database
n/a
16,367
16,367
16,367

Overall size of database (excluding logs)
2 GB
1,048,516 TB
1,048,516 TB
2 GB

Number of columns per table
255
1024
1024
1024

Number of rows per table
limited by storage
limited by storage
limited by storage
limited by storage

Number of bytes per row





(Excluding TEXT/MEMO/IMAGE/OLE)
2 KB
8 KB
8 KB
8 KB

Number of columns per query
255
4,096
4,096
4,096

Number of tables per query
32
256
256
256

Size of procedure / query
64 KB
250 MB
250 MB
250 MB

Number of input params per procedure / query
199
1,024
2,100
2,100

Size of SQL statement / batch
64 KB
64 KB
64 KB
64 KB

Depth of subquery nesting
50
32
32
32

Number of indexes per table
32
250 (1 clustered)
250 (1 clustered)
250 (1 clustered)

Number of columns per index
10
16
16
16

Number of characters per object name
64
128
128
128

Number of concurrent user connections
255
32,767
32,767
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