maximum no. of fields?

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what is the maximum number of fields can a table in MS access 2003 hold?
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It's probably 256 like any other Access database. You shouldn't really need anywhere near that much. 20 at most (unless there's something really complicated.)

Are you concerned you may be nearing that limit?
 
Mile-O-Phile said:
It's probably 256 like any other Access database. You shouldn't really need anywhere near that much. 20 at most (unless there's something really complicated.)

Are you concerned you may be nearing that limit?

i have 60 fields in this table ... i was wondering about the limit. i'm constructing family history, where each person can have <=10x-Sisters, <=10-brothers, =<4x-Spouses, =<10-Sons, =<10daughters + parents and grandparents maternal and paternal.

thats where the high number, it's not complicated though :)
 
Do a search on genealogy databases, as your design is completely wrong.
 
Mile-O-Phile said:
Do a search on genealogy databases, as your design is completely wrong.

why do you think it's wrong? :confused:
 
Mile-O-Phile said:
Do a search on genealogy databases, as your design is completely wrong.

I read the the posts related to genealogy, very informative and nice. however their approach is different than mine. they are tracking the families while i am investigating the genes of a particular patient.

what that means is when the patient comes he could have many relatives (1-to-many) given by my table which i could have splited more to parents/grand parents/siblings/so on ... but it doesnt make a big difference, i think i see it more tidy for one table. the reason for that is this table is going to be related to another table where i am going to inquire about each of these relatives hunting for related affected genes. it's a one time entry for each patient where he/she has many relatives and those relatives could have diseases.

if you have further suggestions or comments please let me know, because i really benefited from reading the genealogy posts. and not to forget you are the man :p
 

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