Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Tips to resolve “Microsoft Office Access cannot retrieve field... ”

Occurrence of an error message while mounting, accessing, or closing an MS Access database indicates that there is some problem with the database. In most cases, such problems primarily occur due to corruption or damage in database. A damaged database does not allows the user to view its records. In such situations, if you need to access the records stored in your database, then the best way is to restore it from an updated database backup. However, if the backup is unavailable or has been corrupted, then you will need to use an advanced access repair application that can orderly repair your database.

Picture a situation, where you receive the below error message while mounting your MS Access database:

“Microsoft Office Access cannot retrieve field properties from the system tables. This database
needs to be repaired. If you click Yes, Microsoft Office Access will open the table in Design
view. The settings of the FieldName, DataType, FieldSize, Indexed, and Primary properties will
remain intact, but the settings of other field properties will be lost. You can attempt to
redefine the lost properties, but we recommend that you restore the database from a backup
copy, or close it and use the Compact and Repair Database command (click the Microsoft
Office Button and point to Manage)Do you want to continue?”

As the error message appears on the mounting of the database, it makes all the database records inaccessible.

Cause:

Corruption in MS Access database.

Resolution:

As suggested in the error message, you will need to Compact and Repair your database. To do so, you will need to follow the below steps:

1.On the Toolbar, Click on 'Tools', and then select 'Database Utilities'
2.To proceed, click 'Compact and Repair Database'
3.Next, select the corrupt file in ‘Database to Compact From’.
4.Click 'Compact'.
5.Provide a valid file name to repaired file.
6.Click 'Save'.

The probability of the database repair using the above method is high, but not 100%. In situations where the above repair steps fail to perform, you will need to use a powerful access database repair application. Such Access Repair utilities use advanced scanning and repairing techniques to resolve corruption to maximum possible level. These repair tools are non-destructive in nature and assure safe database repair.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Tips to resolve “Microsoft Office Access was unable to completely repair...”

In most cases, the database users are unable to identify the exact cause of MS Access database corruption. This is the reason that they mostly land up in further corrupting their database. Corruption in your database can either be caused due to logical factors (improper system shutdown, application malfunction, and virus attack) or physical factors (accidental dropping, fire, water, natural disasters, etc.). An easy way that most database users follow to overcome the corruption scenarios is by restoring the data from an updated backup. However, there are many situations where the users have either not created any backup or their backup file gets corrupted. In such situations (for logically corrupted databases), they need to perform access repair by either using a third-party repair application.

Consider a practical scenario, where your MS Access database does not mount due to corruption. Furthermore, you also encounter the below error message:

“Microsoft Office Access was unable to completely repair the '|' table and deleted some Memo,
OLE Object, or Hyperlink field values. To recover the data, restore from your backup copy of
the database....”

All your database records become inaccessible after the the database becomes unmountable.

Cause:

Logical corruption of your database.

Resolution:

A simple solution (as stated in error message) to the above error message is to restore the data from an updated database backup. However, if in absence of database backup, you will need to compact and repair your database using below steps:

1.Click 'Tools' option on toolbar menu and choose 'Database Utilities' in the drop down list.
2.Next, click 'Compact and Repair Database' option
3.Select damaged database file in ‘Database to Compact From’.
4.Start the compact and repair process by clicking on 'Compact'.
5.Store repaired database file on your desired destination.
6.Lastly, click 'Save'.

However, if the above error message appears even after following the aforementioned steps, then your database is severely corrupted and needs a third-party access database repair tool to perform repair. Such Access Repair applications perform repair by using advanced scanning algorithms. Moreover, these applications come highly graphical user documentation, which makes them easy-to-understand without any prior technical understanding.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Tips to resolve “Could not repair this database” Error Message

An early identification of corruption in MS Access database allows you to prevent some serious damages, which might result into permanent inaccessibility of database components. In addition, a serious damage makes your database unmountable and beyond the capabilities of repairing (not even by Compact and Repair). In such situations, if you want to access the records stored in your Access database, then you will need to restore them from an updated backup. However, in case of backup unavailability or backup falling short to restore the required database records, you will need to use a third-party access database repair tool to repair your corrupt database.

Consider a practical example, where your Access database is corrupted and you perform “Compact and Repair” to repair your database. To do so, you follow the below steps:

1.Click 'Tools' option in toolbar menu and select 'Database Utilities'
2.To start repair, select 'Compact and Repair Database' option
3.Select the damaged Access database file in ‘Database to Compact From’.
4.Click 'Compact'.
5.Save the repaired Access database file on old or new location.
6.Click 'Save'.

However, there is a possibility that the while compacting and repairing your Access database, you might receive the below error message:

“Could not repair this database”

The above error message means that the database is severely corrupted and beyond the repairing capabilities of “Compact and Repair”. Few main causes for severe damage of Access database are MS Office malfunction, fatal virus attack, and simultaneous execution of same database records.

A severely corrupted Access database can only be repaired by using advanced Access Database Repair application. Such repair tools are capable enough to repair corrupt databases in all cases, regardless of their degree of corruption. These access repair tools use advanced scanning methods to comprehensively scan and repair your database. With their highly graphical user-interface, these utilities are easily understandable and do not require any prior technical skills.

Access Recovery is a high quality product that repairs Access databases created in Access 2007, 2003, XP (2002), and 2000, damaged due to any logical corruption reason. The product allows you to restore the repaired database file on new or old location. Designed for Windows 7, Vista, 2003, XP, and 2000, the Access Repair tool repairs all database components like, table, form, query, report, macro, and module.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Resolving “A problem occurred in your database...” Error Message

A Microsoft Access database user encounters various problems while maintaining a large database. Most of these problems are caused due to corruption or damage in Access database. Few main causes of corruption are improper system shutdown, MS Office malfunction, human errors, and virus attack. An easy way to get rid of all the problems caused post database corruption is by restoring the data from an updated backup. While most of the database users create and store their database backup file on a safe location (usually on another storage media), the possibilities of the backup file getting corrupted still exists. To access the data in such situations, you will need to use advanced access database repair utility that can comprehensively repair your database.

Consider a practical situation, where you attempt to mount your Access database to update some records in a particular table. However, instead of database mounting, you receive the below error message:

“A problem occurred in your database. Correct the problem by repairing and compacting the
database.”

The above error message appears each time you attempt to mount your Access database, making all the database records inaccessible.

Cause:

The root cause for the above error message is corruption of Access database.

Resolution:

To resolve the above error message and to make the database records accessible, you will need to perform Compact and Repair (as suggested in the error message). To do so, you will need to follow the below steps:


1.Click 'Tools' option and select 'Database Utilities'.
2.Click 'Compact and Repair Database' option
3.Select the damaged Access database in the ‘Database to Compact From’.
4.Click 'Compact'.
5.Store the repaired Access database file on your desired location, after providing it a valid name.
6.Click 'Save'.

The resolution mentioned in the error message works in most of the corruption scenarios. However, if it doesn't, then it means that your database is badly corrupted and is beyond the repairing capabilities of “Compact and Repair”. The only way to repair such severely corrupted database is by using powerful Access Repair application. Such third-party tools use advanced scanning methods to repair the corrupted databases in most situations. These access repair applications can be easily understood even by a non-technical user.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

“You requested an invalid file...” Error post Access database corruption

Microsoft Access database corruption primarily occurs due to application malfunction, operating system corruption, poor structuring of the database, improper system shutdown, and virus attacks. You can identify corruption in database by an error message, which pops up during opening or mounting of database, updating records, scrolling through the records, or running reports, queries, and forms. A major problem that you might encounter after the occurrence of the error message is inaccessibility of database records. For easy surpassing of any database corruption issue, an ideal way is to restore the data from an updated backup. While the presence of an updated backup resolves all the corruption issues, its absence leaves you with no option, but to repair the corrupted database. To successfully repair your database, you will need to use advanced access repair application.

Picture a scenario, where you receive the below error message when you attempt to access the records stored in your Access database:

“You requested an invalid file. The file may be corrupt. Contact the person who created the file
and request a new copy”

Records saved in your Access database become inaccessible after the above error message appears. Furthermore, the same error message appears each time you attempt to mount your database.

Cause:

As the above error message states, the database file is invalid as it might be corrupted.

Resolution:

The resolution for the above error message is repairing of database using “Compact and Repair”. For orderly compact and repair, you will need to follow the below steps:

1.Click on 'Tools' option in the menubar and select 'Database Utilities'.
2.Click on 'Compact and Repair Database' option and select the database in the ‘Database to Compact From’ dialog box. Click 'Compact'.
3.Save the new repaired file after providing a valid name.
4.Click on 'Save'.

While compacting and repairing the database resolves your problem in most situations, it fails to repair in case the database is severely corrupted. To repair severely corrupted databases, you will need to opt for advanced Access Repair tools. Such access database repair software can be easily downloaded from the Internet and understood even by a non-technical user.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Resolving Query Corruption in MS Access

A single MS Access table might contain thousand of records with different data types. As the number of records increase, it becomes difficult for the user to search specific records from the table. Queries enable you to pick out your desired record, no matter how many records are stored in your table. There can be numerous queries as per your requirement, each holding a unique query name. Corruption in queries can occur due to several reasons, such as, MS Office malfunction, unexpected system shutdown, virus attack, and more. An easy way to overcome query corruption is to restore the queries from an adequate backup. However if in case, no backup is available or backup does not fulfills all your requirements, then you will need to opt for an advanced third-party access database repair software.

Picture a scenario, where you encounter underneath error message when you double-click on a query named “product_price”:

“Query 'product_price' is corrupt”

The above error message appears every time you try to open the query.

Cause:

As the above error message states, the query is corrupt.

Resolution:

For complete repair of corrupt query, you will need to “Compact and Repair” it. Below are the steps to perform “Compact and Repair”:

1.On the menubar, click on 'Tools' menu
2.Select 'Database Utilities'
3.Now, click on 'Compact and Repair Database'
4.Click on query in the ‘Database to Compact From’ dialog box
5.Click 'Compact'.
6.Store the new repaired file
7.Type a unique name for the repaired file
8.Click on 'Save'.

In most cases your corrupt query gets repaired after following the above steps. However, if it doesn't, then you will need to opt for an advanced Access Database Repair application. Such access repair tools use powerful techniques to repair corrupt queries after almost all data corruption situations. These tools are designed in an easy-to-understand manner, which makes even a new user to easily understand the repair process. Such tools are non-destructive in nature.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Tips to resolve “The Search Key was not found...” Error message

Sometimes while opening a table in MS Access, the records displayed in rows appear as some Chinese characters, square boxes, or #Deleted values. These values could not be manually deleted after repetitive attempts. This indicates that the particular table has been corrupted. Corruption in tables primarily occurs due to improper system shutdown, bad network connection, application malfunction, human errors, concurrent modification of records, and virus attack. The fundamental way to resolve all the corruption issues is by restoring the table from an updated database backup. However, with case studies proving that the database backup can itself get corrupted, it is advisable to repair your table by using powerful access repair application.

Picture a scenario where you open a table and its most records are displayed as Chinese characters. Furthermore, you encounter the below error message:

“The Search Key was not found in any record”

Cause:

The root cause for the above error message and displaying of records with Chinese characters is corruption in table. Below are measures that enable you to prevent table corruption:

Ensure that the server always has an uninterrupted power supply.
Make sure that design of the table is constructed with maximum efficiency.

Resolution:

To resolve corruption in MS Access tables, you will need to Compact and Repair them. To do so, you will need to follow the below steps:

1.Go to 'Tools' menu and select 'Database Utilities'.
2.Click 'Compact and Repair Database'.
3.Next, locate and click the database table in the ‘Database to Compact From’ dialog box
4.Click 'Compact'.
5.Select an appropriate folder location to save the repaired new file in the ‘Compact Database Into’ dialog box.
6.Type a unique name for the repaired file and click on 'Save'.

However, if the above steps fail to repair the database table, then you will need to search third-party access database repair applications. These Access Repair utilities are non-destructive in nature and do not delete or modify the original data saved in table. In addition, these tools are built with interactive user-interface and can be easily understood even by a non-technical user.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Resolving “Microsoft Office Access has detected corruption...”

There are millions of database users who maintain their personal or professional records using MS Access application. With their database file size continuously increasing on daily bases, it is common to encounter error messages along their way. These error message prove biggest hindrance in functioning of database and result in numerous performance issues. In most cases, these error messages appear only when the database is corrupt. Corruption in database primarily results in inaccessibility of records stored in the database. To surmount the effects of the error message and to access the database records, most of the database users use an easy way by restoring the data from an updated backup. However, the possibilities of database backup corruption always exist. In such situations, you will need to search for advanced access database repair application to repair your database.

Picture a scenario, where you encounter the below error message when you attempt to mount your Access database:

“Microsoft Office Access has detected corruption in this file. To try to repair the corruption, first
make a backup copy of the file. Click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Manage and then
click Compact and Repair Database. If you are currently trying to repair this corruption, you
need to recreate this file or restore it from a previous backup.”

After the above error message appears, the data stored in the database becomes inaccessible.

Cause:

As the error message states, your database file corruption has been detected by MS Office. Few causes for file damage are improper system shutdown, virus infection, and application malfunction.

Resolution:

The error message itself displays its resolutions. However, these resolutions prove fruitful in most cases, they fail under below circumstances:
1.Severe database Corruption
2.No backup availability

A perfect alternative to overcome the above situations is by using advanced Access Repair application. Such access repair tools use intensive scanning procedures to repair corrupt databases and restore them on user-specified location. In addition, these tools come with interactive user-documentation, which makes the software easy to understand without any former technical understanding.

Abnormal Termination of MS Office by using Task Manager

The Windows NT pool of operating systems contains a task manager “Windows Task Manager” that allows you view complete information about the running processes and applications, network statistics and activities, system services, system's performance, logged-in users, and commit charge. The task manager can also be used for abnormal or forcible termination of applications and process. This kind of abnormal termination of applications (in this case, MS Access) might result into corruption of database, which further results into inaccessibility of its records. For complete access of database records in such situations, restoration from an updated database backup is always an easy option. However, in difficult situations where you have either not created any database backup or backup falls short to restore the desired records, you will need to repair your database by using advanced access repair application.

Picture a situation, where you are performing various tasks (updating Access database records, downloading heavy from Internet, copying data from memory card, etc.) on your computer. While performing your tasks, your system hangs and to stop re-continue with your work, you open the Task Manager to abnormally shut down some of the applications. While doing so, you abnormally terminate MS Access application. Now, when you attempt to remount your MS Access database, it fails to mount, making your database records inaccessible.

Reason:

Access database corruption due to abnormal termination of MS Access application.

Resolution:

For comprehensive repair of MS Access database, you will need to use “Compact and Repair”.
Compacting and repairing of Access database always helps except in cases of severe database corruption. In such cases, if you have not created any database backup, the only way to repair your database is by using advanced Access Database Repair software.

These access database repair tools are built with graphical user-interface and come with interactive user-documentation. Such applications use powerful scanning methods to comprehensively scan and repair database after all corruption scenarios. These utilities do delete or modify the original data saved in MS Access database, making the repair process completely safe and risk-free.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Resolving “Cannot open database XX...” Error Message

Upgrading your database provides you with lots of benefits. The advanced features added in the new version help you to maintain your database records with ease. While upgradation proves beneficial in most situations, it might also result into corruption of database due to backward-compatibility problems. In such situations, you receive an error message while mounting your Access database, which makes your database records inaccessible. To surmount the after-effects of the error message, an easy way is to restore the data from an updated backup. But, if the backup is corrupt, damaged or inaccessible, then you will need to use a third-party access database repair software to repair your database.

As a practical case, you upgraded your MS Access 2002 database (Employee) to MS Access 2003. However, after the upgradation is complete and you attempt to mount your database, you receive the below error message:

“Cannot open database Employee. It may not be a database that your application recognizes, or the file may be corrupt.”

As the error message states, that your Employee database is corrupt after upgradation. Furthermore, you encounter the above error message each time you attempt to access Employee database.

Resolution:

Below are the two ways that help you to resolve the above error message:

Try to open the Employee database in MS Access 2002 version and then save it using a different name(for example Employee_New).
If the above resolution does not help, try to repair the corrupted database using an inbuilt repair utility known as “Compact and Repair”.

The repair utility helps you to repair the corrupt database in most cases. But, if the repair utility fails to repair and you are still not able to repair your database, then you will need to use powerful Access Database Repair software to repair the database.

Such access repair utilities come with highly interactive user-documentation that makes the repair process easily understandable even to a non-technical user. Moreover, these tools are completely non-destructive in nature and do not make any changes in the original database file.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Recover OLE objects from corrupt Access database

OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) object fields in Microsoft Access save data (photos, binary data, documents, sound, etc) created in other applications into Access database. All the linked objects appear the same in the database and can be easily deleted or moved. Inaccessibility of OLE objects mainly occurs when your Access database gets corrupted or damaged. An easy way to access OLE objects is by restoring them from an updated backup. However, in case of no backup availability or backup falling short to restore needed OLE objects, you will need to use advanced access repair application.

To illustrate the above case, consider a scenario where you receive an error message while trying to open an OLE object field. The error message repeatedly appears each time you attempt to access the OLE object.

Cause:

Few main causes for OLE objects inaccessibility are discussed below:

Access database corruption
Deletion of OLE object

Note: Corruption in Access database can be caused due to third-party add-ons, MS Office malfunction, operating system damage, and virus attacks.

Resolution:

While the deleted OLE object field needs a restoration from an valid backup, corrupted Access database can be repaired using below steps:

Go to the Tools menu and click Database utilities
Choose Compact and Repair Database feature.
Select the damaged Access file in ‘Database to Compact From’ dialog box.
Click Compact.
Provide a new destination in the ‘Compact Database Into’ dialog box
Assign a valid name to your repaired database.
Click Save.

Above steps repair your corrupt database to maximum extent in most scenarios. However, if the above steps fail and your problem persists, then you will need to use advanced Access Database Repair application that can repair your database and recover all OLE object fields. Such repair tools use intensive scanning techniques to repair Access database and restore all the recoverable OLE object fields on default or new user-specified destination. With to-the-point documentation and highly interactive user-interface, access database repair using these tools becomes an easy and simple process.