[Dxbase] HELP! Bad data base

[Joe Glockner]

Ron,

The filesize is OK .. no problem here .. "if" you were
to use the DXbase2007 DXB Utility program (Database ICON)
and "Compact" your old mdb file -- it would become the
smaller size.. So, you are good to go now ..

73 Joe wa6axe

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> From: K3SEW at comcast.net
> To: Dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:44:24 -0500
> Subject: [Dxbase] HELP! Bad data base
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> My computer shut off due to a power failure.
> Appearantly this corrupted the .mdb data file for DXbase 2007. Initialize
> Table was executed and got the death signal! The data was then
> imported into a fresh blank file. When the file size of the new .mdb file was
> compared to the old .mdb file . . . . . the new one was much smaller. Is this
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> old .mdb file 26,628 KB
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> new .mdb file 17,028
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> What's happening here? Is this supposed to be or is
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> Ron
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> K3SEW

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