[AccessD] Access 2002 database format

The first line of the article is:
"This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb). "

AFAIK there are no tables in an .ADP they're all in the SQL backend.

Chris Mackin
www.denverdb.com
Denver Database Consulting, LLC




-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Dan Waters
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:23 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access 2002 database format


If your ADP file contains the hidden table MSysAccessStorage it might be an
issue.  The KB article describes a way to reproduce the problem.

It seems as if it probably will be a problem because the MSysAccessStorage
table in their example grew in size when a module was being coded, which
happens in the ADP (FE).

Dan Waters
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From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Zeller
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 1:16 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access 2002 database format


The article says it only applies to MDB's.  Does that mean this is not a
concern for ADP files?

--Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Waters [mailto:dwaters at usinternet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 8:54 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access 2002 database format


Charlotte - Here is something to be aware of.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 810415
Access 2002 Format Database Bloat Is Not Stopped by Compacting

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810415

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.

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.

Dan Waters
-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:38 PM
To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Access 2002 database format


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.
Charlotte Foust