I have a client with a reaaally old MDB which we didn't make and they can't contact the guy who did it and recently it started showing the error:
Cannot open database “. It may not be a database
that your application recognizes, or the file may be corrupt.
Even when I try to export all the tables it just keep showing the same error and if I try to Compact and Repair I get the error that I don't have permission to do so. I have tried with every single user on the computer. If I restore the previous version all new data will be lost and will just happen again eventually as it doesn't let me compact either and even if I try creating a new database or table in another database, it doesn't let me import the data into it.
I can read all the tables but can't even copy that information. I'm at a loss of what to do and they asked me to have it for tomorrow.
I will be thankful for any tip you can give me for solving this error
Edit:
I have tried opening the file with a newer access to see if I can compact and it doesn't let me enter with any user even though the MDW is the same
I solved it! And this is how:
I noticed that the database was about 1'99GB which is almost the size limit of an access database so I just needed to Compact and Repair but it didn't let me because of permissions...
The database had another extra user which we didn't see before for any reason, that user was not even an admin, he was the real user who created the database (even though it kept telling me everywhere that the database was made by the admin and that he was the propietary...)
Since compacting gave me an error that couldn't find the database "Tempmsysaccessobjects", I just had to google it and found the solution in a spanish forum where they recommended creating a new database and importing all old data and with this user it let me do it!
Thank guys for helping!
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I'm right now trying to upload a 1.3gig sql text file to phpmyadmin and each time I do it I get the following issue.
my issue
I've already tried splitting the file and editing out the CREATE DATABASE line but each time I try opening it in notepad, notepad++ and emeditor I get a bunch of random characters, clearly there's an issue with the encoding. It's not something I can easily export since another company handles that and I have no access to it. I don't care how my SQL text file is opened, I just need a way to view it and I can't find one.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
ISSUE IS SOLVED!!!
You're trying to create and then write the database named mysql. You Can't Do That™.
You should treat that database, and the information_schema and performance_schema databases, as readonly. They provide ways to retrieve information about the server via SELECT operations. Except in very specific special cases, writing those databases will at best do nothing and at worst trash your server. MySQL tries to prevent you from doing damage by throwing privilege errors when you try to alter those databases.
In a comment you mention that you are confident you can fix an issue with your system via the mysql data base. With respect, that's entirely incorrect.
I am getting errors in Access when attempting to open both the database
and the table.
Error: 'Id' is not an index in this table
Please help me, this is in production.
May Anyone Please share their expertise if come across with same scenario
It means that database corrupted.
Try to restore database as it described here. Also check this, item 20 and this. And finally check how to prevent corruption.
I also had this error message. Unfortunately the links provided by Sergey only helped in so far as that it became clear to me that my Current DB was unrecoverable.
I fixed the issue by:
Creating a new Access DB
Manually exporting each table from the old one (Access still allowed me to export to another DB, eventhough I got the error message on each and every export)
Recreating all necessary relationships between tables in the DB
Note: This solution worked well for me because the error appeared in the backend of my DB. If you have an unsplit DB, this could be a huge effort.
I'm having a problem. One of my databases on our shared network will not open for any user. It says "Unrecognized Database Format."
I've had this problem before but was still able to open the database, compact and repair, or import all of the database objects into a new database.
The problem here is -- I can't even get it to the point of opening. Is there a solution here without the use of third party software to repair the database?
Open access, go to the database tools tab, select compact and repair database. You can choose the database from there.
WE had this problem on one machine and not another...the solution is to look in control panel at the VERSION of the Access Database Engine 2007 component. If it is version 12.0.45, you need to run the service pack 3
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=27835
The above link will install version 12.0.66...and this fixes the problem...thought I would post it since I haven't seen this solution on any other forum.
After much struggle with this same issue I was able to solve the problem by installing the 32 bit version of the 2010 Access Database Engine. For some reason the 64bit version generates this error...
Try to create a new database and import every table, query etc into this new database. With this import Access recreates all the objects from scratch. If there is some sort of corruption in an object, it should be solved.
If you're Lucky only the corrupted item(s) will be lost, if any.
Well, I have tried something I hope it helps ..
They changed the schema a little bit ..
Use the following :
1- Change the AccessDataSource to SQLDataSource in the toolbox.
2- In the drop down menu choose your access database (xxxx.accdb or xxxx.mdb)
3- Next -> Next -> Test Query -> Finish.
Worked for me.
Sometimes it might depend on whether you are using code to access the database or not. If you are using "DriverJet" in your code instead of "DriverACE" (or an older version of the DAO library) such a problem is highly probable to happen. You just need to replace "DriverJet" with "DriverACE" and test.
I have an Access file on a server which my colleagues will update regularly and sometimes I need to analyze the data by the following method:
download the Access file to my local drive
export the table to MySQL
open the MySQL table through R to do the analysis
This workflow is OK if I only have to do it once, but it's getting more often that I find data is missing inside the dataset, I asked the colleagues to fix it, and then I need to go over step 1-3 again, and I feel it is kinda dumb to do the 1-3 steps over and over again.
Since the Access file on server is password protected and I don't want the mess with that file, I wonder if I can created another Access file, that acts as a link between my local MySQL server and that Access file. When I launch R, data will be extracted from the MySQL server, go to my "link" Access file, and go to the Access file on server, and everytime the data I get from R is the latest version.
I wonder if I have explained it clear enough, and I have no clue how to work this out, can anyone here inspire me? Thanks!
Try:
> install.packages("RODBC")
> vignette("RODBC")
We have an access database on a file share that has permissions for everyone in the department to access. The problem i am having is that when multiple users try accessing the database at the same time they are unable to do this. One user can open the database fine but when another user tries to simultaneously, they double click the file icon, get an hour glass for a split second and nothing happens after. We are using Server 2003 as our domain controller. All permissions have been verified on both a domain level and in the access database under tools-options-advanced and setting relevent permissions to shared and no locks. Do you know what could be causing this issue with a "dead link" when user try to open the file simulateneously?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Ignore the naysayers - Access is perfectly fine for a small number of users. Either you have the default Access settings to open dbs exclusive which will lock out other users or there is some weird network problem.
EDIT
- noticed you already have default shared access
- is record-level locking on?
- also try giving user full control of the shared network folder (Access needs read/write/create/delete to be able to create and delete the ldb file)
This issue occasionally happens to Access databases for almost no apparent reason. Of the suggested responses by Microsoft, you are already doing the second (opening from within Access) but I believe the first provides somewhat of the answer you are looking for.
In the target of the shortcut, include
the path of MSAccess.exe
According to Microsoft Help and Support
When you say share permissions, do the users have full permissions? Full permissions are needed because the share file (.ldb) must be created and deleted.
I am just recently experiencing the same issues, only one person can open the database. We only have 3 people accessing the same database through shorcuts on our desktop.
Now according to Microsoft we need to include the database path in our shortcut, I will tried that. They acknowledge this problem.
MS Access is not worth the trouble in a multi-user setup.
Your time is better spent converting the database over to a server-based RDBMS such as SQL server while you still have hair.
Believe me, you will have to do it sooner or later anyway! Sorry for the bad news.