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    Combining Multiple Tables

    I have 2.5M rows of data split across five tables by year. I want to combine the information into one. What's the best way to do this?
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    Re: Combining Multiple Tables

    Hi fervorking

    The maximum number of rows is a 48K over 1 million. See http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ex...010073849.aspx

    Can you delete duplicates?
    Can youj put the 5 tables into buckets or group your data somehow?
    Can you use First-of-Day or First-Of-Week data instead of all of it?
    I'm thinking pivot tables for each sheet and then copy and paste, values only into a combined table.
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    Re: Combining Multiple Tables

    Thanks for the response. I wasn't aware Access had the same limitations as Excel. The 2.5M is the cleaned up version. I need to run some resource-heavy formulas (Countifs, arrays) in Excel but thought I might be do some of it in Access before destroying my workstation. I'll figure it out. Thanks again.

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    Re: Combining Multiple Tables

    Hi fervorking,

    I was speaking about Excel only in the max number of rows. In Access I believe you can simply append your tables together using queries.

    It looks like Access is limited by the file size and not the number of records. See
    http://bytes.com/topic/access/answer...ccess-can-hold or
    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ac...010030739.aspx for a better answer.

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    Re: Combining Multiple Tables

    Are you just looking for the right SQL statement to combine the tables into one?
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    Does your workbook or database have a bunch of duplicate pieces of data?
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