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    There isn't enough memory to perform this operation

    In the last week I've had this message pop up on 3 different computers in two different customer locations running entirely different applications.
    I got around last week's problem by converting the database from an old *.mdb format to *.accdb format. That did the trick.
    But this week's problem is already a *.accdb. Now what do I do?
    These were very old established programs - both applications have been running for over 20 years without a problem. Any ideas?

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    Access has a size limit of 2GB. Are these db's near that?

    Have you run Compact & Repair?

    Are these db's split design?
    How to attach file: Reading and Posting Messages (vbaexpress.com), click Go Advanced below post edit window. To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    Quote Originally Posted by June7 View Post
    Access has a size limit of 2GB. Are these db's near that?

    Have you run Compact & Repair?

    Are these db's split design?
    No, Yes, and Yes

    One was about .5Gigs. Their VP refused to allow me to drop old data. When the problem occurred, I archived anything older than 2017 from one table. It dropped 180,000 records.
    The other databases are too small to worry about.

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    Check for any updates, Office first, then Windows.

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    SOLVED

    Quote Originally Posted by Gasman View Post
    The problem is solved! Thank you.

    I guess I'm pissed at Microsoft. This is the second time in a couple of years that one of their Office or Windows updates crashed MS Access databases around the world. That time there were about a dozen of my customers affected. This time, I had 4 systems from 2 different customers 300 miles apart crash. And I suspect that I will hear of others before this is over. I was say this: those two MS-generated crashes generated some revenue for me, so there is a bit of a silver lining.

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