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How do I corrupt an mdb intentionally for test purposes

I'm creating a process to check for corrupt tables in an MDB on server. There's no code, just tables.
I would like to corrupt an mdb intentionally for testing. Has anyone ever done this?

Jim Horn

>I would like to corrupt an mdb intentionally for testing. Has anyone ever done this?
No. I get paid to build stable applications, not corrupted ones.

I imagine that if you open your Access app, then ctrl-alt-delete and end task a few thousand times, that would do it.

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Thanks guys....

Jim Horn... thanks for the suggestion - (CorruptMe = true) but it didn't work..... :-)

deally, I'd like to have only a single table (of several) corrupt.

Corruption the entire mdb won't help me (or perhaps help a little).

I may create a VB app that opens- ctrl/alt/del - over and over again until something turns ugly.....

Well.... I'm going to split the points - Jim get some since he made me (probably all of us) laugh. I needed that today!

Scott C

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Scott,

Markus posted this neat question a while ago. You might enjoy it:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22763356/For-Experts-How-to-crash-Access.html

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