Access DB at Maximum Size

[ryanp37]

Hello All,

I'm hoping the you all might assist me with a messy problem I have run
into. I have an existing database which contains linkages to over 250
..DBF files. Estbalishing these linkages was a very manual and labor
intensive process. I have inadvertantly exceeded the 2 GIG database
limit by running several make table queries from these .DBF files
(Should have known better). As you know, regardless of what I do at
this point, I cannot compact the Database. Is there a way for me to
make a copy of the database in such a way that I can retain the
linkages to the numerous DBF files or am I out of luck here and hence
relegated to relinking all the files. Alternatively, is there some way
that I can get the exisiting database to compact? I am running MS
Access 2000. Many thanks.

 

[Guest]

If you don't need the tables that you created, delete them then compact and
repair.

If you do need these tables, open a new mdb database file and import them
into it. Then delete from the original file.

You could try using the database splitter tool to remove all the tables.

Whatever you do, make a good, safe backup of what you have not in case
something goes from bad to worse.