sybase的union table的限制

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默认union可以连接最多512个表查询（每个都是简单查询）。

对于union，如果每一个union分支的from后有多个表，则会降低 union查询的表数目(512) .

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Chapter 1: Introduction

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Adaptive Server specifications

Database specifications
Databases per Adaptive Server	A maximum of 32,767 databases per server
Maximum database size	2K page server – 4TB 4K page server – 8TB 8K page server – 16TB 16K page server – 32TB
Minimum allowable sybsystemprocsdatabase	124MB	Required for an upgrade
Maximum size of a database device (disk partition)	224 (4TB)	If the Operating System supports file sizes up to 4TB, then Adaptive Server supports file system devices up to 4TB
Maximum number of database devices per server	231
Maximum number of devices or device pieces per database	Unlimited	Limited by available memory
Maximum number of segments per database	31
Maximum number of login IDs per server	2147516416
Maximum number of users per database	2146484223
Maximum number of groups per database	1032193

Table specifications
User objects per database	231 – 255
Indexes per table	250 (one clustered index)
Rows per table	Limited by available storage	Maximum 232
Columns per composite index	31
Creation of clustered index	1.2*(x + y) x = total data space in table, y = sum of space of all nonclustered indexes on table, and 20 percent overhead for logging	For sorted data, approximately 20 percent of the table size needed
Maximum size of object name	255

Query specifications
Maximum number of tables participating in a query, for a query without a union, or for each side of a union in a query	64	Maximum of 50 user tables, including result tables, tables referenced by views (the view itself is not counted) correlations and self-joins; maximum of 14 worktables
Maximum number of tables in a “union” query	256	Includes up to 50 user tables and 14 work tables on every side of the union, for a total of up to 256 tables across all sides of the union.
Maximum number of databases participating in one transaction	Unlimited	Includes database where transaction began, all databases changed during transaction, and tempdb, if it is used for results or worktables
Practical number of databases participating in one query	16	Includes each occurrence of each database queried and tempdb, if it is used for results or worktables
Maximum number of tables with referential integrity constraints for a query	192

Procedure specifications
Number of buffers and procedure buffers	Configurable	Limited by amount of RAM and maximum size of shared memory segment
Minimum memory required per stored procedure	2K
Maximum number of parameters per stored procedure	2048

Adaptive Server extended-limit capabilities vary by type of table and the database logical page size. Table 1-2 lists the column and row limits for allpages-locked (APL) tables.

Table 1-2: Allpages-locked (APL) tables

Maximum APL table limits	Number of columns	Column size 2K page	Column size 4K page	Column size 8K page	Column size 16K page
Fixed-length column	1024	1960 bytes	4008 bytes	8104 bytes	16296 bytes
Variable-length column	254	1948 bytes	3988 bytes	8068 bytes	16228 bytes

Table 1-3 lists the column and row limits for data-only-locked (DOL) tables.

Table 1-3: Data row and data page tables.

Maximum DOL table limits	Number of columns	Column size 2K page	Column size 4K page	Column size 8K page	Column size 16K page
Fixed-length column	1024	1958 bytes	4006 bytes	8102 bytes	16294 bytes
Variable-length column	1024	1954 bytes	4002 bytes	8089 bytes	16290 bytes

Database space requirements depend upon the logical page size of the server.If your model database is larger than the minim size listed below, then the minimum size of the database is equal to the model database. Table 1-4 lists the minimum size for each database.

Table 1-4: Database requirements for varying page sizes

Databases	2K page	4K page	8K page	16K page
master database	13MB	26MB	52MB	104MB
model database	3MB	6MB	12MB	24MB
tempdb database	4MB	6MB	12MB	24MB
sybsystemdb database	3MB	6MB	12MB	24MB

Larger logical page sizes can contain more data. Table 1-5 lists the maximum data for each logical page size.

Table 1-5: Data limits for tables according to page size

Tables	2K page	4K page	8K page	16K page
Bytes per index key	600	1250	2600	5300
User-visible row length DOL table	1958	4006	8102	16294
User-visible row length APL table	1960	4008	8104	16296