[AccessD] OT: Corrupted database

I don't get an error message.  It just ponders for about a minute then
Access terminates with no error message and I get to send a message to
Microsoft if I want to (like dropping rocks into a deep pool).

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Smith" <weeden1949 at hotmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database


> Rocky:
>
> What kind of error do you get when you try to 'repair' the db?  The
> following MS article told me the unfortunate news when I was getting this
> type of error on a customer's db.  They had to restore from a backup copy
I
> had (their tape backup wasn't working...go figure) and reenter all the
data
> since I'd made my copy.
>
> Look at:  KB158933 ACC: Error Message: <Database Name> Isn't an Index in
> This Table
>
> If you're getting THAT one, you're hosed.
>
> Greg Smith
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
> To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 3:54 PM
> Subject: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database
>
>
> Dear List:
>
> I have a database from a client which seems pretty well hosed (A2K).  When
> you start it you get the message "Database (database name) needs to be
> repaired or isn;t a database".  I say go ahead and let Access try to
repair
> it but it ends in an abnormal termination of access.
>
> I've tried decompile, jetcomp.exe, and jetutils.  No dice.  Can't do an
> import into a fresh database either.
>
> I'm out of tricks.  Are there any other approaches?
>
> TIA,
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
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