my access problem

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hello everyone my name is kamal..
i have one access problem..
i have one access database when i delete the file table record but the file size not reduce so please tell me any sql command that work same like truncate command in sql...

please,i need only sql command if any.

Posted 17-Dec-09 1:30am

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Tom Deketelaere · Answer 1 · 2009-12-17T03:15:00

If I understand you correctly you need the compacting "feature" of access.

When deleting a table / data in access the physical size of the mdb file will not reduce (it might even increase) because access keeps record of this (or something).

Check if these can help you:

http://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/189603-compress-access-db[^]

http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/3305680/Error-occur-when-Access-Database-compress.aspx[^]