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Receiving Reserved Error -1524 when importing table into access database

Can anyone explain what causes this error and how to correct the situation.  I'm trying to import a table into another database and consistently receive this error.  I don't have this problem with other tables or components of the database such as reports, forms or queries.

I have run the compact and repair and this is enabled to run everytime the database is closed.
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> "run the compact and repair and this is enabled to run everytime the database is closed"

actually, choosing this option is a BAD idea!  Compact/Repair should be done when a database is opened, right after it has been backed up.

Compact/Repair is a volatile process ... if it fails when the database is closed, you will lose the database and everything that was just entered.
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Is there a way to automatically set up compact and repair to run automatically when open?  I only see the option to run it on close.
" Compact/Repair should be done when a database is opened"
??????
I'm afraid I cannot agree with that.  I've been compacting closed dbs for 23 years, not to mention my nightly backup routine at work C&Rs some 45 *closed* backend dbs (done at the local work station level), and I have never ever had a failure.

On the flip side, I do not recommend Compact On Close.

Also ... the Accepted solution is not really a solution  (Sorry Crystal) to the stated problem.
Hi Joe,

> "On the flip side, I do not recommend Compact On Close."

this is what I said ... just different words ~ compacting a closed db, of course, is ok too

... and I do agree that the actual problem was not addressed -- that was an auxilary comment
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