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    A trip down memory lane

    Ah, the good old days :). I started with a DOS spreadsheet called Lucid 3D (was even a Beta tester for it), moved to DOS database DataEase. Then Access 1.0. Access 2.0 with Rushmore was something else. All my queries slowed to a crawl. Had to rewrite nearly all of them.
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    automatic find backend

    Why do you need to switch back ends? I wonder if there may be a better solution.
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    Solved Workaround for 255 fields in a "table" limit

    Not a myth. As mentioned by others, long text fields are not included in the limit.
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    Thank you. I'm hoping this forum will be more interesting than the MS forums.

    Thank you. I'm hoping this forum will be more interesting than the MS forums.
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    Solved Workaround for 255 fields in a "table" limit

    2G is FILE size. RECORD size is 2k. The_Doc_Man is correct. it is now 4000. I've been trying to post back, but keep getting the message 'Your content can not be submitted...', no matter what. So, I thought I would try editing my original post.
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    Solved Workaround for 255 fields in a "table" limit

    In addition to what others have stated, I would just like to point out the the number of fields is not the only limitation to consider. A record has a limit of 2k, excluding memo (long text) fields. So, you could have only 32 fields of short text, each filled with 64 chars each, and would hit...
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