[AccessD] OT: Corrupted database

Don't know.  I think it's more likely a network problem or, as the error
message says, an abnormal termination leaving the db open.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:25 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Corrupted database


> Is it possible one of your users opened the database in Word?  That will
> certainly cause the situation you've described, and in that case the
> database is well and truly hosed beyond recovery.
>
> Charlotte Foust
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software [mailto:bchacc at san.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:14 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [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
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