Hi Jttb,
i’m not sure of your actual server setup, but yes you should be able to create more than 40 tables.
Could you provide a few more details on your setup, I realise this thread is 3 weeks old now, but if you are still having issues, we can try to help.
Your description is very vague, which is most likely why you haven’t had a response, but if you can provide a lot more details of your setup & what you are trying to achieve, you might get better help ??
If you are on shared hosting, and I am assuming that you are having trouble creating mySQL tables, if you have a limit on your mySQL, you might need to ask your webhost about this.
Hope this helps