MS Access questions - Scalability / indexing / transactions

Posted by oo on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by oo
Published on 2008-10-07T18:34:28Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 14:58 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 288

Filed under:

ms-access

|

rdbms

A few questions on MS Access databases -

Size: Are there limits to the size of an access database? The reason i ask is that we have an access database that has a few simple tables. The size of the db is about 1GB. When I do a query on it, i see it taking over 10 minutes to run.

With proper indexing, should MS Access be able to handle this or are there fundamental limitations to the technology.

This is MS Access XP.

Also, does MS Access support db transactions, commit and rollback?

© Stack Overflow or respective owner

Related posts about ms-access

SQLAuthority News – MS Access Database is the Way to Go – April 1st Humor

as seen on SQL Authority - Search for 'SQL Authority'
First of all, today is April 1- April Fool’s Day, so I have written this post for some light entertainment. My friend has just sent me an email about why a person should go for Access Database. For a short background, I used to be an MS Access user once (I will not call myself MS Access DBA), and… >>> More
LINKED TABLES BETWEEN MS ACCESS 2003 AND MS ACCESS 2007-WRITE PERMISSIONS DENIED

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
We are in the process of switching over to ACCESS 2007. We have numerous data tables in ACCESS 2003 files. In one case, the user has 2007 on his PC and opend the front end in 2007. No problems. When the the user is done, he clicks a button that executes a macro full of update queries. The macro… >>> More
Working with Compressed (zipped) folders in MS Access

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
Doug Steele presents a simple technique to add zip files from within your application. >>> More
Extending the InputBox function for MS Access Forms

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
While it's not possible to change the behavior of the InputBox function, this article illustrates how to create your own Access form that includes a text box with its InputMask property set to Password, and then use that form instead of the one generated by the VBA InputBox function. >>> More
Uses for Cartesian Products in MS Access

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
Less well known than inner and outer joins is the Cartesian product, which produces every possible combination of records between the two tables. Doug Steele offers four examples to demonstrate some legitimate uses for Cartesian products. >>> More

Related posts about rdbms

Studying MySQL, SQLite source code to learn about RDBMS implementation

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
I know implementing database is a huge topic, but I want to have a basic understanding of how database systems work (e.g. memory management, binary tree, transaction, sql parsing, multi-threading, partitions, etc) by investigating the source code of the database. Since there are a few already proven… >>> More
Many-to-many relations in RDBMS databases

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
What is the best way of handling many-to-many relations in a RDBMS database like mySQL? Have tried using a pivot table to keep track of the relationships, but it leads to either one of the following: Normalization gets left behind Columns that is empty or null What approach have you taken in… >>> More
Building an Oracle (and other RDBMS) Server Environment

as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
In previous articles discussing Oracle and VMware, the hardware and software components consisted of a Windows-based PC and the Oracle RDBMS. Steve Callan expands upon the "Oracle in a virtualized environment" concept by looking at other alternatives for the hardware and software. >>> More
What's a good scheme for multi-user database synchronization?

as seen on Programmers - Search for 'Programmers'
I'm working on a system to allow multiple users to collaborate on an online project. Everything is fairly straightforward, except for keeping the users in sync. Each user has their own local copy of the project database, which allows them to make changes and test things out, and then send the updates… >>> More
Predicting advantages of database denormalization

as seen on Programmers - Search for 'Programmers'
I was always taught to strive for the highest Normal Form of database normalization, and we were taught Bernstein's Synthesis algorithm to achieve 3NF. This is all very well and it feels nice to normalize your database, knowing that fields can be modified while retaining consistency. However, performance… >>> More