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A5v5 System Specifications  (for v6 and later, the specifications are included in Alpha Five's Help file)

Note:  This was originally from v4.01 info. Items have been updated to v5 wherever possible but accuracy is not guaranteed.

Item Maximum

General
Number of concurrent users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The number of users your network supports
Number of open tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Number of sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, limited by the number of available file handles

Tables/Fields
Fields per table record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,023
Records per table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000,000,000
Bytes per record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,600
Number of characters in a character field . . . . . .255
Number of bytes in a memo field . . . . . . . . . . . .Unlimited
Size of OLE field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Unlimited
Number of characters in a fieldname . . . . . . . . . .32 (Use 10 to avoid truncating if data dictionaries aren't handled properly.)
Number of calculated fields per table . . . . . . . . .512
Number of characters in a password . . . . . . . . .8
Number of tables in a set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 40

Indexes
Number of indexes per table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 47
Number of characters in an index key . . . . . . . .102 240
Number of fields per index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Limited by only the maximum key size and expression length
Length of index name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 (Use 10 to avoid truncating if data dictionaries aren't handled properly.)
Layouts
Number of layouts per table or set . . . . . . . . . .Unlimited
Number of characters in a layout name . . . . . . .24 (Copying can delete the 24th in v4.)
Number of characters in an object name . . . . . . .63

Saved Settings
Number of saved settings per table or set . . . .Unlimited
Number of characters in a saved setting name24

Queries
Number of queries per table or set . . . . . . . . .Unlimited
Number of characters in a query name . . . . . . .24
Number of active query lists per table or set . .4 per table - 16 per database
Number of fields per query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Limited by only the maximum key size and expression length

Expressions
Number of characters in an expression . . . . . . . . . . .1024
Number of characters in Color and Font equations . .1023

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