Stopping Compact and Repair (and Compact on Close) - Records Disappear

[gee664]

Hi,

when I do the CR or CoC and interrupt it (or stop it) using ESC or
Crtl-Break, records disappear from my table. The table has 300,000
records in it to start with.

I am using a Access 2000 mdb with Access XP (2002) on a Win XP Pro PC.

I have exported the table with the disappearing records to a new mdb
(still A2000) and I have also made a new table (with make-table query)
in the new mdb file. But the problem is still there.

(This does not happen if I do not interrupt the CR or CoC.)

Thanks in advance for your help,

 

[Jerry Whittle]

Patient: My head hurts when I bang it against a wall.
Doctor: Then quit doing that!

Don't do either unless you have time to let it complete. Also turn off
Compact on Close as I've see very bad things happen with it.

 

[John Vinson]

when I do the CR or CoC and interrupt it (or stop it) using ESC or
Crtl-Break, records disappear from my table.
...
(This does not happen if I do not interrupt the CR or CoC.)

Well... then don't DO that! <g>

The Compact process creates a new database (db1.mdb by default),
copies your table data into it, and renames it when it's done. I would
suggest not starting a compact unless you intend to finish it!

Do you have a db1.mdb (or db<some number>.mdb) file in the same folder
after this happens? See what it contains...

John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[gee664]

I have checked this. There is no dbx.mdb after I stop the compacting
process (I watch the folder), but the size of the original file is a
lot smaller - probably because data is gone. And because the dbx.mdb
is used, the original mdb that is being compacted should not be
affected - but I have records disappearing on me and the original file
size is smaller.

Also, since Microsoft put in the feature of stopping/interupting the
compacting process, I would think that it is perfectly OK to use it -
Microsoft also does not warning not to use the feature (I didn't see
anything in their knowledge base).

Thanks for the input.

 

[gee664]

I have also created a new db and table from scratch, loaded 300,000
dummy records. Then I ran the compact on other PC's and stopped it
half way through. Records are still deleted.

 

[Douglas J Steele]

What "feature of stopping/interupting the compacting process"?

 

[gee664]

Using the ESC key (or crtl-break),

it is right there in the Help.

 

[Douglas J Steele]

I don't have Access 2002 installed on this machine (nor on any other at the
moment, for that matter), so I can't check the Help file, but I'd be shocked
if they actually recommended doing that (as opposed to saying that it was
possible).