Get Access mdb version

[Joe]

Hello all!

Is there a way to get the version of access that a mdb file was created
with? We have a mdb file which became corrupt and can be fixed with a newer
version of Access but then the program that uses the mdb can not longer open
it.

I'm thinking that if we can get the version of Access that the database was
originally created with it may be able to repair the database and the
original program will work.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Mary Chipman [MSFT]]

If you can't resolve the versioning dilemma, you can always export the
rescued data and then import it into a new mdb running the version of
Access that is compatible with your front-end application. And in the
future, make sure to have a good backup/restore strategy ;-)

--Mary

 

[Joe]

So it looks like it's from Access 97. Where can I get a copy of Access 97?
The MSDN has Office 95 but not 97 for some reason.

-Joe

 

[Colbert Zhou [MSFT]]

Hello Joe,

This is totally an Access issue. Other than the ADO.NET newsgroup, I think
you will get a quicker and better reply in the Access Product newsgroup.

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=micros
oft.public.access&cat=en_US_973e53c3-c10e-4523-9213-cdfd537838f1&lang=en&cr=
US

By the way, have you seen the following KB article about how to repair a
mdb file.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/279334


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Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

Good answer Colbert,

However, is it not more Jet and MDAC

One link
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151186

Another newsgroup is by instance
microsoft.public.dotnet.vb.data

William Vaughn and Paul Clement are often active in that

Cor