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Q238401: PRB: Unrecognized Database Format Error Upgrading to Access 2000

Article: Q238401
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 2.5,2.6,5.0,6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtophit kbAccess kbATM kbCtrl kbDAOsearch kbJET kbOLEDB kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSMDAC
Last Modified: 14-NOV-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
- Microsoft Access 2000 
- Microsoft Access 2002 
- Microsoft Data Access Components versions 2.5, 2.6 
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SYMPTOMS
========

If you try to gain access to an Access 2000 or Access 2002 database, you may
receive one of the following errors within your Visual Basic program.

If you are using Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) (or the ADO Data Control),
you receive the following error message:

  Run-time error -2147467259 Unrecognized Database Format XXX

If you are using Data Access Objects (DAO) (or the DAO generic Data Control), you
receive the following error message:

  Run-time error 3343 Unrecognized Database Format XXX

CAUSE
=====

Access 2000 and Access 2002 use the Jet 4.0 engine, which creates Jet 4.0 format
database files. Jet 3.5 components do not recognize such a format.

- If you are using ADO, you get error -2147467259 when you try to connect to
  your Access 2000 or 2002 database through the Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.3.51
  provider.

- If you are using DAO, you get error 3343 when you use the Microsoft DAO 3.51
  Object Library.

- The DAO generic Data Control does not work against Access 2000 or 2002
  databases and always generates error 3343 unless it is used as instructed in
  the "Resolution" section of this article. This occurs because this control is
  based on Jet 3.51 and only recognizes Jet 3.51 (or before) database formats.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods:

- Install Visual Studio Service Pack 4 or later. (If you are using the Data
  Control, change its Connect property to Access 2000.)

- For ADO (or the ADO Data Control), use the Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider.

- For DAO, add a reference to the Microsoft DAO 3.6 Object Library.

- If you use the generic Data Control, you must open a DAO 3.6 recordset and
  then assign it to be the source of the Data Control as follows:

  Option Explicit
  Private daoDB36 As Database
  Private rs As DAO.Recordset
  Dim sPath As String

  Private Sub Form_Load()
  sPath = _
  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Northwind.mdb"
  Set daoDB36 = DBEngine(0).OpenDatabase(sPath)
  Set rs = daoDB36.OpenRecordset("Customers")
  Set Data1.Recordset = rs
  End Sub

- This problem has been addressed by Visual Basic Service Pack 4. A new value
  (Access 2000) has been added for the Connect property that will allow the DAO
  Data Control to open Access 2000 databases.

STATUS
======

This problem was first corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack Service Pack
4. For additional information about Visual Studio service packs, click the
article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

  Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio Service Pack Is Installed

You can download the latest Visual Studio service pack from the following
Microsoft Web site:

  Visual Studio Product Updates
  (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates.asp)

REFERENCES
==========

For more information on Jet 4.0, refer to the Access 2000 documentation.

For more information on ADO and DAO, refer to the Visual Basic documentation.

For more information, query on "Unrecognized Database Format" in the MSDN Library
that is supplied with Visual Basic.

Additional query words: error message -2147467259 3343

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Keywords          : kbtophit kbAccess kbATM kbCtrl kbDAOsearch kbJET kbOLEDB kbVBp500 kbVBp600 kbGrpDSMDAC kbMDAC260 kbADO260 kbAccess2002 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbAccessSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbAccess2000 kbAccess2002 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB500Search kbVB600Search kbAccess2000Search kbAccess2002Search kbVB500 kbVB600 kbMDACSearch kbMDAC250 kbMDAC260
Version           : :2.5,2.6,5.0,6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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