Growing MS Access File Size problem

Question

I have a large MS Access application with a lot of computations in VBA code. When I run it it eventually crashes due to excessive file size. There are a lot of intermediat

Answer 1

What sizes are you dealing with? What is the error code when it crashes? I'd be surprised if it is simply because the file gets "too big", but I imagine there's a limit. It sounds from your description of all the temp stuff that there may be design improvements that would help.

EDIT: I expect you realize it's non-trivial to replace the database with something else - even if you try to keep whatever else is in the mdb besides the tables. Access querydefs are unique, Access SQL is non-standard and you'd be basically starting over.

Most Access applications I've seen have lots of opportunity for refactoring; and it's usually not that difficult if a) you understand the logic and the business rules, and b) you have a solid understanding of Access programming. But that would be more or less true for any alternatives. If I were you and you're a little short in either area, maybe you can get some help. But I'd try to rescue the Access app first.

There's also a suggestion from another poster about moving the tables into one or more attached MDBs. That's a solid, well-proven technique in general. But first I'd get a handle on what the real cause of the problem is.