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Quick question: is the 4GB limitation on EACH database or for the installed instance of SQL Server? As you know you can create more than one DB in an instance of SQL Server...

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The 4GB limit is on each database.

Mike C.
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Yes. It's per database, not total. If you want to be really clever you have store a lot more than 4GB by spreading it over multiple databases (or even multiple instances).

Joel Coehoorn
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According to SQL Server 2005 Express Edition Features:

Scalability and Performance

  • Supports one CPU, but can be installed on any server
  • 1 gigabyte (GB) addressable RAM
  • 4 GB maximum database size
Andrew Hare