Thursday, May 5, 2011

Global variables in Access database

The only persistent data in our application is the data in the database. Until now the only dialog data has been some data in the forms, for instance the value of the unbound controls. This data disappears when the form closes, so we need some way to handle dialog data that lives across the entire dialog with the user. Modules is the solution to the problem because a module is open and holds data as long as the application is running. As a simple example, we will see how to handle a simulated today's date. In the real system, we need to show today's date in many places, for instance as the default search criterion for arrival date.It is easy to do by means of the built-in function Date( ) which always gives us today's date (or rather the current date setting in the computer).

However, when testing the system, our test data is planned for some specific dates. We cannot change the test data every day we need it. We might instead change the current date setting of the system to the simulated date, but this is not recommended because it has side effects on other things, for instance the date of files created or changed, which again may create havoc in automatic backup procedures.











In this Example, Date is a global variable, sim Date is Access Function.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Can conversion cause corruption in Access Database??

Microsoft Access 2003 is a productivity suite written by Microsoft which was successor to Office Access XP and the predecessor to Office Access 2007. Office Access 2007 has plenty of advantages over earlier versions of MS Office Access. Files created in Microsoft Access 2000, 2002, 2003 can be opened in Microsoft Access 2007. Additionally database created in earlier previous versions can be converted into the new Office Access 2007 file format. The conversion provides you several functionalities and features available in Office 2007. At times, you might confront adversities with the converted database. Chances are corruption in files which leads to data inaccessibility. As an alternative, you should always have a updated backup of the database. However, If you are unable to maintain a backup of database then you have no better option than opting for a third party access database repair software.

To understand this lets take a real time example wherein you convert a database created in MS Access 2003 into MS Access 2007 format. It works fine for few days but later you find some error message:

“Microsoft Office Access has detected that this database is in an inconsistent state, and will attempt to recover the database. During this process, a backup copy of the database will be made and all recovered objects will be placed in a new database. Access will then open a new database. The names of objects that were not successfully recovered will be logged in the 'Recovery Errors' Table."

Due to before mentioned message data becomes inaccessible to the user. Before proceeding for further plan of action we must know about the cause of corruption and its recuperations.

Cause: Corruption can occur due to many reasons including power surges, malfunctioning, system crash etc. Another reason could be due to the excessive use of same resource at the same time by different users.

Resolution: Perform the following steps to perform access database recovery.

If shared Access database is compacted by you which is located on a server or shared folder then open MS Access database file needs to be closed and ensure it is not opened by any other user.
Go to Tools menu>>Database Utilities>>click Compact and Repair Database option
Run the Access file you want to compact in the database and click compact
Click Save
The original Access file will get replaced with the compacted at the same location

If still you don't get the solution then download an advanced and system compatible access recovery software from the Internet.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

How to address the situations when Access gives error while opening

A highly reliable database management system, MS Access that helps users in creating queries, reports, forms and tables. Once required information is imported or exported then it can be linked to data for running queries and creating reports. At times, it is likely to fail while performing functions which further causes operating systems or application to stop responding. That might lead to corruption or damage of the file. So to resolve such issues Access repair solutions are needed to repair damaged access files. However, if backup is available then high probability may exist to repair Access, else using Access file repair software.

Consider, you are working on your system and you get some fatal error while opening Microsoft Office Access, which prevents Access from responding. To proceed further, you will need to follow the undermentioned steps to recover data from the file:

  • Try to use the Compact and Repair utility to open the file, instead of directly opening it. The system tries to repair the file using in built repair feature. If this doesn't solve the problem, read the next step.
  • Try to import the file into a new database file. But make sure you do not import all the objects in one go. This way, you'll be able to identify the problem objects and repair them. Reference to libraries and projects will have to be added later.
  • Another thing worth checking is, if the problem is with the application or database. Open the database on another system. Also, check if another database is opening on your system or not.
  • Sometimes, memory conflicts prevent opening the database. This can be checked by opening the file by running the system in Safe Mode.
  • Temporary files too lead to a lot of problem and should be removed regularly. In fact, if you run the Disk Cleanup utility, you will be able to see and remove the temporary files, Internet cache files and unnecessary program files.
  • Perform disk defragmentation tool and error checking tool should also be run to prevent such problems.
  • At times, virtual memory setting is too low on the computer. Change the virtual memory settings for your hard disk.
  • If no other thing works, use the last updated copy of your database file to repair Access document.
  • In the absence of backup, you have Access repair software to help you recover all your inaccessible data.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Access Database Repair Tool- Microsoft Access .ACCDB and .MDB files recovery problem

Are you looking for recovery of your corrupted access files? Are you searching for a solution how to get the problem fixed and get all the data in its original working state? Well there are plenty ways to work around the corrupted files!

Microsoft Access files gets damaged or corrupt due to fast saving files, virus attack or unexpected system shutdown etc. In such situations your file file gets corrupted which causes inaccessibility of data on which you were working on last time. Number of error messages pop out due to File corruption such as unreadable file is missing, unable to read file or invalid file format etc. However, there is always data available as backup on a disk which can be used later at the time of corruption. But if it is not saved then you go for some affordable and reliable access repair software.

In some cases Access files cannot be open; sometimes it is seen corrupted due to system mis happening and sometimes it occurs due to unexpected shutdown; in these cases file can be recover just by restarting the system. However, still you are not able to open the file then you can try some default systems backup or MS office recovery features can also be used which are encapsulated with MS office package. If still you are not able to open the files then you must opt some Access Recovery / Access Repair Software.

Access Recovery software can recover or repair your corrupted or damaged files created in accdb or mdb safely and comprehensively without altering its content. It also provides you the option to save the recovered files at its original place where it was saved before file corruption or any other user-defined location.

Access database repair tools are compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2003, XP, and 2000 and supports 2010, 2007, 2003, 2002, and 2000. It provides you complete recovery of Form(s), Report(s), Macro(s) and Module(s) in accdb file and before the recoverable file is saved at some location this software shows you the preview of relations, indexes, forms, queries, table column information. Additionally, it recovers password-protected VBA code of database forms & modules.

Access repair software is an easy to use and safe software which provides you free demo version of Access recovery software to download from the website. Using free demo version accuracy can be checked. But it doesn't save your data and for this you need to buy the software.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Are you experiencing errors because of damaged indexes in Access Database

Indexes, What makes easy to search out every records in a table. Index have a location of records for corresponding fields in table that you select to index. Once indexes are set then MS Access directly retrieves the data from the current location. Thus indexes are being considered the fastest element to find out the data than scanning the data of all the records. But sometimes indexes definitions may get corrupt. To get out of such situations, if you have backup, then it is quiet good. Else you need to opt a third party Access database repair tool which repairs the corrupt data comprehensively and restores it at user specified location.

Suppose, you have an access database file and you are trying to import data from one table of MS-Access database but you get unexpected error message saying that attempt remains unsuccessful. In addition to this an error message pops out.

“Operation failed - too many indexes - reduce the number and try again

Importing process halts after facing the above error message:

Cause:
This error occurs because of the following situations:

The data which you are trying to import relates to corrupted or damaged table of MS Access.
Index definitions of destination table's are damaged or destroyed.
For sake of information, In MS Access Index are imported after the table definition and data. If the indexes definitions gets corrupt then it is certain to get this error message mentioned above.

Resolution:
To work around the problem, a user has to follow some steps:

Create a copy of the destination table, be sure that copy of the table do not contain any data.
Delete all indexes.
Command an append query and transfer the data from a problematic table to a new table.
Make sure to recreate indexes without using copy and paste application
Once you are done with index recreation then transfer the table to a new file.

However, If these steps don't solve the problem and still facing the problem then instead of wasting the time, go by a third party access repair application which repairs corrupt access file in such manner that while using MS-Access database application, you face no hassles. These tools keeps do-it-yourself approach which makes it easy and safe to use.

Access Repair is a user-friendly and self- explanatory comprehensive application that is fully capable to repair Access and stores it in a user-specified location. It recovers queries, and modules forms, macros, tables, reports etc. The tool is compatible with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2000, XP, and 2003. Moreover free demo version of the software can be downloaded.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Looking to fix corrupt MS Access files- Use MS Access Recovery software

Having a living lifestyle in techno savvy world where every human being is making use of computer to store and communicate important data, one would never take chance of getting those valuable data corruption. However, files tends to get corrupt due to some external malfunctions. In such situations, first try to find the stored updated backup file. If backup file falls short or is not available then a user must go for an file repair software to retrieve all data back in its original form.
So if you have the data lost and no backups for use, recovery of data can still be done.

To illustrate it, lets take an example where you created file of access database which comprises the details of all information saved in a table. Later, you try to import that access file but suprisingly you get error message that you need to fix the corrupted xxx files. There might be chances of data corruption due to either virus attacks or power breakdown etc. In such cases, you need to repair the damaged data using third party access recovery software.

Now a days software like Access recovery software have been launched in to the market to get the data back from the corrupted or damaged files. Access recovery software salvages all corrupted data form a formatted windows by employing powerful recovery procedures.

When all else fail, file recovery software help you to get your precious data recovered. The applications are incorporated with interactive and self-descriptive graphical user interface to ensure quick and easy data recovery. They use high-end scanning techniques to carry out in-depth scan of entire Windows hard drive and extract all lost, missing, inaccessible, and deleted files from it.

Access Repair software is a recovery tool that has become very popular for its efficiency and all-inclusive capabilities of Access file repair. It restores the access database tables, forms, reports, relations, indexes and other objects from almost all type of corruption, deletion or inaccessibility.