<OT> MDB REcovery ......

[james at jamesmcdonald.id.au]

> Ben Duncan wrote:
>> Ok, I know that this is off topic of LINUX .. BUT ....
>>
>> I have a client in the next building who has a MDB (Access) database
>> that has gotten corrupted.  Anyone got any tools or programs that can
>> recover these nasty little beast's ? ANY Suggestions ?
>
> Google it. There are repair tools. I've used them but don't remember and
> don't
> want too. :-)

If you go into Start => Control Panel => Administrative Tools => Data
Sources (ODBC) and then add the MDB as an MDB data source and point it at
the file. There is an option to Repair.

Obviously make a backup first. From memory this may be enough to get it
working again or totally corrupt it.