I am trying to compact an Access Database but it is failing because a connection to the database is still open. How can I drop all connections to the database programmatically?
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I am trying to compact an Access Database but it is failing because a connection to the database is still open. How can I drop all connections to the database programmatically?
Short answer you cant, long answer you can!
There is no built in way of doing this like on a SQL server however with a bit of preplanning you can set things up to kick users out of a database. See this article on some methods you can use
http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/download3.asp?SampleName=LogUsersOff.mdb