Other ways of securing database than pwd and mdw?

[Eric de Boer]

Are there other ways of securing a mdb database than the official microsoft
posibilities. So not using a database password or using the mdw security.

Sometimes I see *.mdb databases which you cannot open with access, are not
using a mdw file or a database password and will not open, resulting in an
error: "unknown database format ........mdb"? That's de type of security I
would like top use for my applications also? Are there any suggestions?

 

[Rick B]

My guess would be that those fiels are either corrupted, or were built in a
version of Access that you don't have.

That error message is not a security feature.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Are there other ways of securing a mdb database than the official
microsoft posibilities. So not using a database password or using the
mdw security.

Sometimes I see *.mdb databases which you cannot open with access,
are not using a mdw file or a database password and will not open,
resulting in an error: "unknown database format ........mdb"? That's
de type of security I would like top use for my applications also?
Are there any suggestions?

That's not security. That's what happens if you are using the wrong version
of Access to open the file.