Preventing Database Corruption And Repair Access Database

Database Corruption occurs when error comes in accessing database due to change in the binary file format of a particular database. You may not be access your database after database corruption. MDB file corruption is very common even MS access fix minor corruption issues. If you will not fix database corruption then it spreads and get worse over time.

There are number of reasons for corruption of your access database. Most common are software conflicts, jet software conflicts and hardware failures. In software conflicts occurs when access installs 3^rd party plug-ins, that lead to error in access database. Any hardware failure in your machine can cause applications to crash and unfortunately jet database are sensitive application crash. This may cause loss of important database.

For preventing this type of errors, we use some standard tricks. Always use original softwares, make backup copy of your database, store temporary table in backend, be careful with wireless networks, and troubleshoot network hardware. If you follow this precaution, you will never suffer with database corruption. Worst scenario is that after all this precaution you lost your mdb file or access database file. Now you must have recovery software for access database or you can use access repair software.

Stellar phoenix access recovery software is most powerful access repair software. With the help of this Access Recovery software you can repair your Access database in all possible cases of Database corruption. This software gives you a 100% assurance of access file repair and restores them with maximum efficient way.

Pathname is not a valid path (Error 3044): Linked Table Error In MS Access

Microsoft Access is a useful application which allows us to link MS access tables for getting achieved results. One good feature is we can link two databases with each other or we can use access database over network. As we work over network we should take some precaution such as once you’re finished with work that requires you to be on the network, you must exit the network properly and immediately. This is to help avoid sudden dropped connection from the network otherwise you may get following error and data loss may happen which leads need of access repair softwares.

There is an error message which could flash on your screen when you are dealing with the linked tables over network:

“Pathname is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides. (Error 3044)”

This error may come when you link tables via mapped drive user UNC instead or lost network connection. It is quite possible that every time the database is opened, the startup deletes current links and creates new links to tables in a file path set in an ini file.

This works fine as long as the old path is valid. If the database is opened and table links are created and then either the database is moved or the path to the old tables is re-named, MS Access gives the error.

As the error message says you need to check both the backend for the able in which problem has been faced. It might be possible that spelling has actually got changed. The other possible reason for the occurrence of this error message could be database corruption. There is lots of work around for this error.

Let’s discuss some of followings….

Most likely the client’s computer has lost the network connection and system can't find/access the data anymore. In this situation follow these steps.

1. Close the program
2. Click on My Computer
3. Look for the network drive (F,X, etc) and double click on it to reestablish the network connection.
4. Go back into the program and retry the operation

2^nd workaround is look in the visual basic code for a Set statement something like this: Set dbs = Workspace.OpenDatabase ("C:\Temp\Database.mdb")

Check for the path and file must be valid for a statement using the CurrentDB method to function properly or you can try to delete link table. It is also possible to change or examine the connect property of a table.

One possible reason of this error is database corruption due to damaged link table. In this scenario you can repair it using compact and repair utility. As this utility has some limitation so one more utility is Stellar Phoenix Access Recovery software is the most known access repair software. This non destructive utility has been developed to ease the users as the user interface is very interactive. This software can do this repair for all the linked tables, forms, macros, modules, all the primary key fields and other constraints. This software will never fetch you the altered results as the software has been designed read only.

Damaged Jet 4.0 database files Recovery

Sign of damaged or corrupted Jet database in access can range from inability to access any object to deletion of whole record. For fixing this type of problem MS access provide us Jet 4.0 service pack and compact and repair utility. Jet 4.0 fix problems like “invalid argument error when you tried to create link table using ADO” or double appearance of oracle integer files and performance problems during run of pass arguments. As Jet 4.0 database make easy our work but it also has some limitation.

This type of problem can be fix by Jet 4.0 database engine rollup. If still your Jet database is corrupted then through Microsoft compact and repair utility you can recover your Jet database file. Procedure to recover Jet database file:

· Install latest version of Jet database.

· Take back up of MDB file and close this MDB..Further Reading

How to Repair Your MS Access Database

Microsoft Access a tool for creating database in offices, home, everywhere and storing them in a database format. Due to user friendly it is very useful to us. In process of database creation of fetching data for your database application, there are many times when you may come across error messages when user interaction takes place. Sometimes error messages in Microsoft Access may appear completely unpredictably or at sometime due faulty network, interrupted write operation or saving a database file in another program.

These errors can lead to database corruption and damaging precious data. This is most panic situation when you have to do some urgent updation in your database and you can't do it because your database is corrupt. Don't panic lots of options are available for you to recover or repair your database such as compact and repair utilities....

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