[Beds] database problem

[R.D.Saunders]

You could try asking on the mdb-tools mailing list (on Sourceforge) - they
are in the business of decoding the rather arcane mdb file format.

Dr Robert D C Saunders
Reader in Molecular Genetics
Department of Biological Sciences
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
Tel: 01908-654069
Fax: 01908 654167
http://www.open.ac.uk/science/biosci/research/molecular-genetics/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Larcombe [mailto:lee@larcombe.uk-internet.org.uk] 
> Sent: 13 August 2003 13:38
> To: beds@mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [Beds] database problem
> 
> 
> Hi
> 
> I know this is not particularly a linux question but I have a 
> question about 
> MS Access for any of you DBAs out there.
> 
> I am trying to port an existing MS Access database to MySQL 
> which is going 
> fine. However the Access DB which is currently still in use 
> has just reached 
> 100MB (well 100,929,536 bytes).
> 
> The problem is that even though data is being added (couple 
> of hundred K per 
> day) the database has reported the same size for the last three days.
> 
> I don't know much about Access - is it possible to set an 
> upper size limit 
> when you create a database? This DB was created by someone 
> else a few years 
> ago so I don't know what they did.
> 
> If there is a size limit, what does access do when it is reached?
> 
> This database won't be around much longer (3 weeks) but I 
> don't want access 
> screwing the data around between now and then
> 
> Well, thanks in advance - any help or info will be most appreciated
> 
> Lee
> 
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