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Old December 8th, 2009, 05:52 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Max
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Access 2007. I have built a database to track and report on employee
performance. It is 15MB in size. Now, they want to also compare and report on
different factories.
Should I have this done in the existing database or create a new one and
link in the required tables? I am concerned about database size and response
to the user.
Any info would be much appreciated. There is nothing in Help or the KB that
I could find on this topic.
Thanks in advance.
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Old December 8th, 2009, 07:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Jerry Whittle
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A 15 mb MDB or ACCDB file is tiny. 150 mb is just starting to work up a
sweat. Access can handle up to 2 GB in one file.

As far as performance, proper data normalization and database design is much
more of a factor.
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Jerry Whittle, Microsoft Access MVP
Light. Strong. Cheap. Pick two. Keith Bontrager - Bicycle Builder.


"Max" wrote:

Access 2007. I have built a database to track and report on employee
performance. It is 15MB in size. Now, they want to also compare and report on
different factories.
Should I have this done in the existing database or create a new one and
link in the required tables? I am concerned about database size and response
to the user.
Any info would be much appreciated. There is nothing in Help or the KB that
I could find on this topic.
Thanks in advance.

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Old December 9th, 2009, 11:06 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.tablesdbdesign
Armen Stein[_2_]
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On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:41:02 -0800, Jerry Whittle
wrote:

A 15 mb MDB or ACCDB file is tiny. 150 mb is just starting to work up a
sweat. Access can handle up to 2 GB in one file.

As far as performance, proper data normalization and database design is much
more of a factor.


And you didn't say where the other factories' data is. I hope it's
all local on your network. If it's on a WAN, you'll need to use some
other approaches.

Armen Stein
Microsoft Access MVP
www.JStreetTech.com

 




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