MS Access 2003 database grew to 2 gig overnight and crashed

I do not know how to create a new one of the same structure how can I empty an existing old copy of the database?

The method Peter57r suggests will bring in tables with the same structure (it may not bring in any relationships but I suspect there is a system table you can import with that). I susggect you try to determine what caused this or do you have a datatype that is causing this? Access 2010 will allow 4Gb databases, and if you use SQL Server express (free) you can get to 10Gb databases (SQL Server 2008r2 and above). Full SQL Server and you're into the Terrabyte range.


Kelvin

If I upgrade to 2010 will I need to do anything to the DB itself as in convert it or will it be directly read as is?

I have somebody writing an SQL version for me so only looking for a short term fix right now.

Open the mdb in Access 2010, then use the Home menu and choose Save & Publish and save database as an accdb. Access will do the rest and then use the newly created accdb instead of the mdb.


Kelvin

thanks for your assistance

Does your database have any code or macros creating temporary tables, importing data for reports etc...?

If so, I'd take a look at the data generated by such processes and see whether anything is amiss (such as a routine for calculating/formatting data for a report going into an infinite loop).

How about attachments?

Are you storing other files (Word, Excel, jpg, ...) in the database? If so, you might want to consider storing those in a folder on your network, and simply storing the path to those files in your database.  2G gets used up pretty quickly if you are storing files in the data.