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Thanks Rockiroads - that's some really good info (as always). 
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Thanks Rockiroads - that's some really good info (as always).

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Unfortunately, the Help file only gives one example ... thus not really explaining how and where &nbsp;to use this method. &nbsp;<br />
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There are soooooo many things that can affect speed in a network environment, starting with the speed of the network itself and of course the actual design of the application.<br />
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mx
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Unfortunately, the Help file only gives one example ... thus not really explaining how and where  to use this method.  

There are soooooo many things that can affect speed in a network environment, starting with the speed of the network itself and of course the actual design of the application.

mx

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Thanks for your help on this one - sorry for the dealy in getting back to you.
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Thanks for your help on this one - sorry for the dealy in getting back to you.

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I have an Access 2003 database that runs over a rather slow network. &nbsp;I use the DBEngine.idle function before a refresh and other processes. &nbsp;But, I would like to know if it actually makes a difference to reliability / performance.<br />
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I could just do with a bit of feed back on this one.<br />
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Thanks
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I have an Access 2003 database that runs over a rather slow network.  I use the DBEngine.idle function before a refresh and other processes.  But, I would like to know if it actually makes a difference to reliability / performance.

I could just do with a bit of feed back on this one.

Thanks

Help with DBengine.idle

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.