The following table gives the maximum size for various attributes of a query.
| Attribute | Maximum |
| Number of tables in a query | 32 |
| Number of fields in a recordset | 255 |
| Number of fields in an ORDER BY clause | 10 |
| Number of levels of nested queries | 50 |
| Number of characters in a parameter name | 255 |
| Number of ANDs in an expression | 40 |
| Number of characters in an SQL statement | Approximately 64,000 |