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Asked: 2026-05-12T22:59:28+00:00

I am constrained by the following, no way around it: Read-Only Data: Microsoft Access

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I am constrained by the following, no way around it:

  1. Read-Only Data: Microsoft Access
  2. JET 4.0 OLDB
  3. ASP.NET 2.0
  4. Shared Host, very little control.
  5. OR Mapper – LLBL Gen Pro

The app is a read-only tool that reads a lot of Microsoft Access Databases in the APP_Data folder. Works fine mostly.

Under load it starts failing accessing the Access MDBs.

What is the best strategy for accessing the Access MDBs to limit errors in accessing them? Right now I try, then Thread.Sleep(500) on an error then try again.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think there may be ways to modify the isolation/concurrency/locking options when accessing the Access databases to eliminate overhead of managing locks. Perhaps try “Mode=Share Deny None;” in the connection string. I would not use this if you are modifying data in any way at anytime though as it’s pretty much throwing out all the isolation/concurrency management that you get with a database. Use at your own risk.

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