From: Martijn Tonies Date: November 1 2003 4:45pm Subject: Re: Too Many Columns ERROR 175.. List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/152877 Message-Id: <013001c3a097$96304ec0$0a02a8c0@seal> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > What is the relationship between "column name length", "Number of columns" and "max columns"? > > Upon creation of a table with +1700 columns (with approximately 25...30 characters per name) I get the "Too many columns" ERROR. As a complete sidenote: WHY 1700 columns??!! With regards, Martijn Tonies Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird & MS SQL Server. Upscene Productions http://www.upscene.com