I have been working all afternoon developing a database and then
disaster hit. I accidently typed a "d" in a property field and didn't
realize it and closed the window. I am getting the following message.

"the Microsoft Jet database engine cannot find theinput table or query
'D' Mkae sure it exists and that its name is spelled correctly."

I can still open the database, but only in design view. My "Help"
feature isn't working now either. I can't believe I will have to start
all over. Any ideas from anyone?

MJ wrote:[color=blue]
> I have been working all afternoon developing a database and then
> disaster hit. I accidently typed a "d" in a property field and didn't
> realize it and closed the window. I am getting the following message.
>
> "the Microsoft Jet database engine cannot find theinput table or query
> 'D' Mkae sure it exists and that its name is spelled correctly."
>
> I can still open the database, but only in design view. My "Help"
> feature isn't working now either. I can't believe I will have to start
> all over. Any ideas from anyone?
>[/color]
Your problem is a bit clear as to what database object you were working
with when you made the error. If you can tell what object you were
working on, then you could create a new blank database, then import all
the database objects you created from the original database, except for
the object in which you made the mistake.

Otherwise you need to be a little more clear.
"I can still open the database, but only in design view" does not make
sense. What database object is it that you can only see in design view?

Bob

Thanks for responding! I am in the process of doing your first
idea--copying the tables, queries to an new database. At least I won't
have to recreate those. I was working on a form and somehow I must
have opened a properties box. I deleted the tab on the form I was in
thinking that I could start over from there, but that didn't work. I
can open the form in design view, but when I try to switch to see the
actual data in data view, I get the error message. I am new at this
and am not sure how to explain it better. I guess it is the price I
will pay not to have made a backup copy all along the way.