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Newbie. How to loop through importing text files and compactingquestions

Hello I am new to vba programming/coding. I am writing a program that
goes through a directory of text files and imports them into the
database. The problem is eventually the database gets to big and
needs to be compacted. I know how to compact on exit but how do you
do it in a loop using vba? My old program in basic did it because it
was external to access. Any ideas?
1.import text file
2.loop - check size
2a. compact database if need and continue importing text files.
2b. continue importing text file
Jul 23 '08 #1
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If you're using Access 2K or newer to compact the current database, use this
code:

http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0041.htm

If you're using Access 97, you can't compact the current database via code,
but there are alternatives. See this page:

http://www.mvps.org/access/modules/mdl0030.htm

If you're using Access 2007, I don't have a canned answer for that one yet.

Chris
Microsoft MVP
ac******@gmail.com wrote:
>Hello I am new to vba programming/coding. I am writing a program that
goes through a directory of text files and imports them into the
database. The problem is eventually the database gets to big and
needs to be compacted. I know how to compact on exit but how do you
do it in a loop using vba? My old program in basic did it because it
was external to access. Any ideas?

1.import text file
2.loop - check size
2a. compact database if need and continue importing text files.
2b. continue importing text file
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