Gary Kjos
garykjos at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 5 10:23:27 CST 2003
Yep, probably. There are outside service companies that might be able to help.... Gary Kjos garykjos at hotmail.com >From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem >solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database >Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 07:54:59 -0800 > >I think he's SOL. > >Rocky > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at hotmail.com> >To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 7:03 AM >Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database > > > > I think it will need to be somewhat of an educated guess/trial and >error. > > If you can find some info on the file structure of an MDB file that >would > > help....here's one such website with info on that. Unfortunately it >doesn't > > indicate which version of Access it applies too. > > > > http://www.xiph.org/positron/doc/mdb.html > > > > Gary Kjos > > garykjos at hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> > > >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem > > >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > >To: "Access Developers discussion and problem > > >solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > >Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database > > >Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:33:29 -0800 > > > > > >Gary: > > > > > >I'm looking at then and they do look different. How do I know where >the > > >header ends, or how much to copy and paste? > > > > > >Rocky > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Gary Kjos" <garykjos at hotmail.com> > > >To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > >Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:21 PM > > >Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database > > > > > > > > > > If you have a known good copy of it you can try to open that in a > > >editor, > > > > copy and paste the beginning of that file on top of the hosed one (a > > >copy > > >of > > > > the hosed one actually) save the tweaked file and see if you can >open >it > > > > then to try and copy out what you can. Sometimes the header at the > > >beginning > > > > of the file get's trashed. Never done it, only heard about it. >Proceed > > >at > > > > your own risk. > > > > > > > > Gary Kjos > > > > garykjos at hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com> > > > > >Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem > > > > >solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > >To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com> > > > > >Subject: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database > > > > >Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:54:38 -0800 > > > > > > > > > >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 > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > >AccessD mailing list > > > > >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > > >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Compare high-speed Internet plans, starting at $26.95. > > > > https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > AccessD mailing list > > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >AccessD mailing list > > >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Frustrated with dial-up? 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