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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...there is a problem with bloating in the XP
storage format ...creating an empty mdb and importing everything into
it will get rid of the bloat ...MS will get around to fixing this sooner or
later :(</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...in the meantime, since I do require mdes, I'm
stuck with the XP format ...so far the bloating, now that I can fix it easily,
isn't a major problem ...but if I didn't require mdes I'd be using the 2K
format.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>...there appears to be VERY little information
available on the differences other than some vague reference to the XP format
having some features applicable to future Access versions and supposedly more
efficient storage ...considering the definite bloat problem, I have issues with
the MS definition of "efficient" :(</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>William Hindman</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dwaters@usinternet.com href="mailto:dwaters@usinternet.com">Dan
Waters</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=accessd@databaseadvisors.com
href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">accessd@databaseadvisors.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:54
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD] Access 2002
database format</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Charlotte - Here is something to be aware of.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003>Microsoft Knowledge Base
Article - 810415 </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003>Access 2002 Format Database Bloat Is Not
Stopped by Compacting</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810415">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810415</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
KB article describes a system table in XP that is not compacted when it should
be. Microsoft confirms that this is a problem and they recommend
developing using the 2000 format when you can.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003></SPAN> </DIV></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
was developing an ~ 15 Mb database in 2002 format, but it bloated to 3 - 4
times this size, and decompiling/compacting didn't shrink it. I moved
all the objects to a 2000 db file, and then was able to get it back down to
the normal size. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=911374814-26022003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dan
Waters</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Charlotte
Foust<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
AccessD@databaseadvisors.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] Access 2002
database format<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Does anyone know of reasons to chose
the 2002 format over the default 2000 format, or vice versa, in AXP? I
can't think of any reason except to be able to create an mde, which we can't
do with our app anyhow because of the design changes it makes to itself at
runtime.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Charlotte Foust</FONT>
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