Compact repair data.vbs
This is VBS code to compact and repair a .mdb:
' ***************** BEGIN CODE HERE ' *****************
'
Dim objScript
Dim objAccess
Dim strPathToMDB
Dim strMsg
'
' ///////////// NOTE: User must edit variables in this section /////
'
' The following line of code is the only variable that need be edited
' You must provide a path to the Access MDB which will be compacted
'
strPathToMDB = "C:\ccmdb_data\ccmdb_data.mdb"
'
' ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
'
' Set a name and path for a temporary mdb file
strTempDB = "C:\ccmdb_data\tmp.mdb"
'
' For Access 2003, use Application.11
Set objAccess = CreateObject("Access.Application.11")
'
' Perform the DB Compact into the temp mdb file
' (If there is a problem, then the original mdb is preserved)
objAccess.DbEngine.CompactDatabase strPathToMDB,strTempDB,,,";pwd=4Cookies"
'
If Err.Number > 0 Then
' There was an error. Inform the user and halt execution
strMsg = "The following error was encountered while compacting database:"
strMsg = strMsg & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & Err.Description
Else
' Create File System Object to handle file manipulations
Set objScript= CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Back up the original file as Filename.mdbz. In case of undetermined
' error, it can be recovered by simply removing the terminating "z".
objScript.CopyFile strPathToMDB , strPathToMDB & "z", True
'
' Copy the compacted mdb by into the original file name
objScript.CopyFile strTempDB, strPathToMDB, True
'
' We are finished with TempDB. Kill it.
objScript.DeleteFile strTempDB
End If
'
' Always remember to clean up after yourself
Set objAccess = Nothing
Set objScript = Nothing
'
' ****************** END CODE HERE ' ******************
dev history
I have tried several times now to make a batch file to compact-and-repair a .mdb so we can automatically do this regularly to the ccmdb_data.mdb files.
Turns out opening a password protected .mdb from the command line is not possible:
Will need to find a different way of doing this. Likely a script, but once a .mdb is opened by another one, it can't be compacted. Will need to look further.