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September 2nd, 2004, 04:08 PM
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access 97
Does anyone know why I would get an error in my access
database when I try to add a column, "TOO MANY FIELDS DEFINED"??? 
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September 2nd, 2004, 04:34 PM
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 08:08:22 -0700, "cmcgin"
wrote: Does anyone know why I would get an error in my access database when I try to add a column, "TOO MANY FIELDS DEFINED"??? There is a limit of 255 fields in any table - and changing the definition of a field 'uses up' one of these slots. If you have been making lots of changes to field definitions, you can use Tools... Database Utilities... Compact to recover the "lost" entries. If you are trying to create a table with 255 or more fields - stop! I've needed as many as sixty fields, twice in the past twenty years of relational database design. I cannot imagine a properly normalized table with that many fields. John W. Vinson[MVP] (no longer chatting for now)
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