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Access 2003 Repairs but doesn't Compact

Good Afternoon,
I have an A2K backend database which suffers fairly frequent corruption (yes,
I do make frequent backups). If I open it in Access 2000 and compact and
repair it the file is repaired and looses a good bit of bulk. However, If I
do the same thing in Access 2003 the repair takes place but the file size
remains unchanged.

Just curious if anybody else has experienced this.

I am Running Access 2003 in WinXP. Access 2000 is via Citrix and for all I
know the OS might be NT 4.0
Thanks,
Mike

--
Mike Pippins

"We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Pogo Possum

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http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/For...ccess/200806/1

Jun 27 '08 #1
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Especially as you are opening it under different versions here, a decompile
might fix it.

Standard recovery/maintenance steps:
http://allenbrowne.com/recover.html

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Mikal via AccessMonster.com" <u16180@uwewrote in message
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Good Afternoon,
I have an A2K backend database which suffers fairly frequent corruption
(yes,
I do make frequent backups). If I open it in Access 2000 and compact and
repair it the file is repaired and looses a good bit of bulk. However, If
I
do the same thing in Access 2003 the repair takes place but the file size
remains unchanged.

Just curious if anybody else has experienced this.

I am Running Access 2003 in WinXP. Access 2000 is via Citrix and for all
I
know the OS might be NT 4.0
Jun 28 '08 #2
Allen Browne wrote:
>Especially as you are opening it under different versions here, a decompile
might fix it.

Standard recovery/maintenance steps:
http://allenbrowne.com/recover.html

Thank you very much. That looks pretty straight-forward. I'll give it a try
when I get back to work.
Mike

--
Mike Pippins

"We have met the enemy and he is us." -- Pogo Possum

Message posted via AccessMonster.com
http://www.accessmonster.com/Uwe/For...ccess/200806/1

Jun 28 '08 #3

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