Intermittent Slowness in Access
I know there are a lot of articles with advice about faster performance in Access, but this is an intermittent problem. Even when using very simple queries, this problem still occurs.
We have several Access forms which, at times, take as long as 2 minutes or more to load. Normally, they take about 5 seconds to load on average.
The database file has links to tables that are located on a network drive. The database itself is on the local hard drive.
The only thing I can think of is that some forms have lookup tables and multiselect dropdown lists. I am considering the possibility that the solution is here (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918575) but I have not tried this yet, and thought it may have been fixed in the latest service pack, so was wondering if there are any other possibilities.
We have several Access forms which, at times, take as long as 2 minutes or more to load. Normally, they take about 5 seconds to load on average.
The database file has links to tables that are located on a network drive. The database itself is on the local hard drive.
The only thing I can think of is that some forms have lookup tables and multiselect dropdown lists. I am considering the possibility that the solution is here (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918575) but I have not tried this yet, and thought it may have been fixed in the latest service pack, so was wondering if there are any other possibilities.
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DatabaseMX, thanks, we will try that tomorrow.
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Actually that KB articles doesn't seem to have helped.
Basically we've narrowed down the problem a little.
Se have simple forms that opens well. On that form, there is a link that opens another complicated form with a tab control and a lot of objects inside. At that point, even after the 'big' form is closed, everything starts running at least 10 times slower. I can't tell if resources are being tied up or what it is.
Basically we've narrowed down the problem a little.
Se have simple forms that opens well. On that form, there is a link that opens another complicated form with a tab control and a lot of objects inside. At that point, even after the 'big' form is closed, everything starts running at least 10 times slower. I can't tell if resources are being tied up or what it is.
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One of our problems had to do with some unknown (corruption?) issue that was solved by rebuilding the form from scratch and creating is on a saved query. But it is still happening on other forms to a lesser extent. Setting the recordsource on the fly is an excellent suggestion. I haven't tried it yet but I'm sure it will help a lot. Thanks.
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