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MDB file shows open (.ldb) present when it is actually not

Asked by: c_auzzeni

We have a couple of Mirosoft Access 97 and 2000 database files that show that they are open (and .ldb exists) when they are actually not open.

These are shared databases but only 1 user has access to them.

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2007-08-27 at 12:07:43ID22789803
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open

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ldb

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mdb

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Windows 2003 Server

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Answers

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2007-08-27 at 12:10:18ID: 19777815

See if you can delete the LDB file.

If not, try rebooting.

mx

 

by: santhoshuPosted on 2007-08-27 at 12:10:31ID: 19777820

if the mdb file is online, then the system will consider it as a open file.
What are your trying to do?  Are you trying to backup the mdb file ?????

 

by: theruckPosted on 2007-08-27 at 12:12:09ID: 19777840

see the open files and sessions in the shared folders MMC on the server (right click on my computer click manage click shared folders)

 

by: JDettmanPosted on 2007-08-27 at 12:18:47ID: 19777887


  Make sure the users have full rights to the directory where the MDB resides.  A .LDB file gets left if the last user exiting the database has insufficent priv or if they terminate abnormally (ie. ctrl/alt/delete, network error, etc).

JimD

 

by: DatabaseMXPosted on 2007-08-27 at 12:31:01ID: 19777976

Follow this link and get the LDB viewer - easy to install.

This will tell you the Device ID's that are currently in the MDB or that were last in ... assuming a crash.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;176670

mx

 

by: adraughnPosted on 2007-08-27 at 19:24:09ID: 19779968

Sometimes if you cannot delete the .ldb file, this works:

1. Open the database by holding down the shift key while you select Open from the right click menu of the dataase file.
2. Compact and repair the database
3. Close the database.

The .ldb file should be gone.

-a

 

by: adraughnPosted on 2007-08-28 at 09:26:47ID: 19784583

Please make sure you check your user's permissions to ensure that this will not happen again. This solution does not always work.

Everyone should have Delete permissions on the server for the folder containing the db.

adria

 

by: JDettmanPosted on 2007-08-28 at 11:03:09ID: 19785407

The fact that a compact /repair took care of it means that the DB was flagged as corrupt.  Someone is terminating abnormally (not exiting the db properly).

  Keep an eye on it and make sure your keeping your backups current.  A sucessfull compact/repair doesn't always mean that the db is 100%.  You still may have some corruption (or not - dpends what was going on when they terminated).

JimD.

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