Access Slow To Load [really Really Slow!]
Dec 14, 2007
Hi All,
I'm having trouble with access. Basically it has been very slow to load
(over 30 seconds when not opening a database) and when opening a database it just crashes.
Has anyone any idea what could cause this as it worked fine before ?
also would a reinstall help ??
-Elfman
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Dec 5, 2006
Hello all,
I have a continuous form that is slow on loading a portion of the code. The form is designed to pull students who need to be either warned or terminated based off of their GPA. Below is the code that is delayed in being displayed on the form:
Public Function warnOrTerminate(creditAttempt As Integer, GPA As Double)
' these numbers are from the "satisfactory progress" portion of the catalog
'warning if the following is true
'GPA<1.5 and ([cAttempt]<=15)
'GPA<1.9 and ([cAttempt]>=16 and [cAttempt]<=30)
'GPA<2.2 and ([cAttempt]>=31 and [cAttempt]<=45)
'GPA<=2.4 and ([cAttempt]>=46)
'terminate if the following is true
'GPA<1 and ([cAttempt]<=15)
'GPA<1.5 and ([cAttempt]>=16 and [cAttempt]<=30)
'GPA<1.75 and ([cAttempt]>=31 and [cAttempt]<=45)
'GPA<=2 and ([cAttempt]>=46)
Select Case creditAttempt
Case Is <= 15
If GPA < 1 Then
warnOrTerminate = "Terminate (1.0)"
ElseIf GPA < 1.5 Then
warnOrTerminate = "Warning (1.5)"
End If
Case 16 To 30
If GPA < 1.5 Then
warnOrTerminate = "Terminate (1.5)"
ElseIf GPA < 1.9 Then
warnOrTerminate = "Warning (1.9)"
End If
Case 31 To 45
If GPA < 1.75 Then
warnOrTerminate = "Terminate (1.75)"
ElseIf GPA < 2.2 Then
warnOrTerminate = "Warning (2.2)"
End If
Case Is >= 46
If GPA < 2 Then
warnOrTerminate = "Terminate (2.0)"
ElseIf GPA < 2.4 Then
warnOrTerminate = "Warning (2.4)"
End If
End Select
Everything works fine - but the field that shows the end user to either warn or terminate the student shows up very delayed. Any thoughts or ideas on speeding this up??
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Mar 9, 2013
I've got a DB, which has 3 forms ( all 'under' 3 navigation buttons/tabs ). The main form ( Client's form ) is set to show first, and currently has a recordsource of about 1350 records. I think the size of the recordsource, and the fact it 'loads' the other two forms all 'in one go', is slowing it down ( between 5 and 10 secs. to load ).
I read I should set the Visible properties of forms, not shown immediately, to false, only setting them to True in the On_Load event - when Tab is selected. Ideal I thought. However, I can't find this property in the Form's property sheet.
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Sep 16, 2006
Hi everybody,
I have an access database which is around 40 MB after compacting it and I feel that it is slow especially when I open cross table form. Is there any way to speedup the databse.
Note: my databse is on the share drive in my work.
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Oct 10, 2006
Hi
I have developed a DB for work and it has grown, it is about 60Meg, all of a sudden when I am opening Design View in Reports, or queries it started running really slow.
I always Compact on Close
I have Split the DB.
Still no Joy, I have a brand new Dell PC so nothing wrong there.
What is happening? it is a nightmare to get anything done.
Please advise.
H
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Aug 15, 2007
Hi Guys,
I've been searching for an answer for a long time, but i have a database with approx 100 forms, 100 tables (most linked to SQL Server) only a small proportion are front end tables, 50 or so queries, 20 or so modules.
Anyway the problem is, is that the database is slow, to open and to develop in, i have a decent system to develop on with a 3GHz CPU and 1 GHz RAM, but i dont get this problem with any of the other access databases i deal with.
It's kind of a lagging effect, then once it has been written into memory it's quicker... but why would that be different between the systems, as most the systems i deal with are fairly similar in size and in complexity.
For example when loading the logon screen, which is a simple unbound form, it seems to lag, there is 1 combo box which has a front end table as its row source, like 6 records. Then a username and password text boxes which are not bound to anything. Why should this be lagging? After like 2/3 secs its then ok, once ive logged in and then go back to this logon screen its fine, so i think it has something to do with memory.
Anyone else had anything similar happen to them and did they do anything to minimise this lagging effect?
Any ideas or comments are welcome,
Thanks.
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Nov 16, 2007
Hello,
My acccess (.mde) application suddenly slowed down. I have increased the size for some fields in some Tables. Is it could be the reason for this? Is there any way i can get the speed back.
Many thanks in advance..
Nitesha
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Jun 6, 2005
I have one PC running win98,acc97 and Access is CRAWLING. I'm seeing this on ONLY this one PC, and in multiple databases.
Any ideas? Possible places to look to fix this? I've tried reinstalling Office, I'd rather not have to rebuild this pc.
Thanks,
-Mike
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Dec 16, 2005
I not a big time DB person so please be gentle. I am a computer technician at a school district and need some help. We use a program called Aeries made by Eagle Software for out attendance and grading. It uses an interface that runs through Microsoft Access. There are two version of this software. One is the SQL version and the other just uses an Access DB on a server. We have the Access DB version running Access 2003. It was explained and accepted in the beginning that we didn’t really need the SQL version because of our district size which is some where around 1500 students. Our district consists of 6 school sites that are all connected with a fiber optic backbone running at 200mb with a minimum of 100mb to each desktop. We have a DB for each site running on 1 very beefy server in a central location. I’ve run my problem by the software maker and don’t feel like I’m getting much help. The problem I am having is slowness during login. When the first user of the day attempts to login the program is fast, about 10 seconds from “ENTER” to the main menu. As soon as that 1st user clicks one of the menu buttons anyone else who attempts to login to that database after that experiences at least 30 seconds from “ENTER” to the main menu. I’ve watched what files are accessed and when. I see that when the 1st user logs in, the systemxp.mdw file is accessed and a systemxp.ldb file is created. Then when the user clicks a button on the main menu, the sch05xxx.mdb is accessed and a sch05xxx.ldb file is created. The sch05xxx.mdb file is the main database file for any particular site. The “xxx” would be the site number. As soon as that file is accessed or that lock file is created the user will experience the long login times and sometimes as long as 4 minutes. I don’t believe this is a hardware problem. During the same time that users are slow I have made a copy of one of the databases onto the same HDD on the same server and as long as I’m the 1st person to open it, it will fly. The 2nd person is slow just like the rest. I also don’t think it’s a permission issue, at least not in the domain. I’ve run all these test logged in as myself and have Domain Admin rights to everything. I believe this is a “split database” with the tables on the server and the forms, and queries on the users computer. I read an article here, http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column05.asp called “Why is Access 2000 slow for more than one user?” Has anyone else had this problem or have a solution? If I’ve missed something and you need more info please let me know.Thank you for your time and I appreciate any responsesJohn
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Jan 31, 2006
I have access 2003 installed on two different machines. One machine was built 6 months ago with the best hardware available. The other was an older slow IBM.
For some reason, I am experiencing what appears to be some serious time delay (talking in the range of seconds, sometimes tens of seconds) when building a report that has a subreport in it on the fast machine. Yet when I load the exact same database on the slow machine, the report opens instantly.
Any ideas? I'm lost.
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Jul 12, 2007
Hi,
I have an access database that runs fine on our current systems (mix of office 2002, 2003 and windows xp/2002.
However we have one new machine here running windows vista and office 2007 and the database runs super super slow. just about every operation takes 10 times plus to run!
I have looked at the sticky subject at the top of this forum and it's not the problem linked to here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935366/ as this uis the only vista machine we have accessing the database. the same problem also occurs when running locally on my home machine (again vista and office 2007). From memory if is fine when running it through office 2003 on vista.
Anyone else have similar problems and find a solution?
Regards
John
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Any ideas why a particular query would run very slow in access 2007 when it runs fine on 2003. This is running on a terminal services environment and the database connects to a ms sql 2000 server. I will try it outside terminal services when I can but I can't understand the problem. Im not talking about slightly slower its something like a factor of 100 or 200 slower (I had to limit the dataset just to get a return within a day).
The database was an access 2000 mdb for compatibility across computers but I have tried converting it with out any luck.
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I am using MS Access 2000 in a Windows Terminal Server 2003 Environment and the performance is incredibly slower than running the same job on a Stand Alone CPU with Access 2003.
Any idea? Access 2000 is running slower on a TServer?
May the Access version difference explain the difference?
Any idea would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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Is Access slower at summing null records than SQL server?
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Feb 8, 2006
I have completed a database for a company with 60 000 clients and over 100 000 job records.
The database works at very resonable speeds on the Server computer, or the computer on which I installed the back end of the database.
Each of the other 3 computers on the wireless network, have a local copy of the Front End on their machine, and reference the Back End (BE) on the server computer.
Each of the Client computers have varing speeds when accessing the BE, some as slow as 10 minutes for a simple search, filter or just loading a form.
What can I do to improve performance across the network?
Do I need to install additional components on the other computers to improve the db performance?
Your help will be much appreciated.
Joseph.
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I am using John Big Bootys Dynamic Search Form (built in Access 2003) as it totally met my search requirements, however when typing anything into the search box it is realy slow, taking several seconds for each letter to show in the box.
This has always been a problem now and again, however some of us have upgraded to Office 2010, (although still using the 2003 built Db as we won't move to a 2010 version Db untill March next year) and now the problem is even worse that ever. Everything else seems to work really well except for this search function, however it is the search function that is used more that anything else.
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Hi,
My DB is very slow when it's used by more than 1 person at a time. It's divided into FE/BE. The BE is in a shared server and a copy of the FE is in each person's machine.
I don't know why it takes ages to respond. Any help will be very much appreciated.
Regards,
B
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Apr 29, 2005
Hi all
I have an Access 2003 db that works extremely well as a stand-alone application but I am keen to “split” it so that many users can operate it together.
Accordingly I did the split and placed the tables on our server, and tried running the front end locally.
Much to my horror, it takes about a minute to open, and many seconds to do anything after a button press etc.
I have been testing it on my wireless home network and the same thing happens, except now I can monitor network activity from the “network working” light.
What I see baffles me and would welcome comments, in particular, what I can do to speed it up by a factor of 100!
1.It takes forms about 50 seconds to open; however, this is due to about 40 seconds of network activity BEFORE the form’s load event fires!
2.In DESIGN mode, any minor change to a control for example, results in about 40 seconds network activity.
3.All queries upon which forms are based take well under a second to run over the network.
4.Making an mde file has no effect.
I thought the idea of splitting was to keep the forms/queries/code etc, local to a machine so I don’t understand what all the network activity is about, particularly in design mode. Also, given the actual queries are so fast, just what is Access doing??
Any comments please?
Skeletal
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Jun 2, 2005
I have a form with a subform (there is no child parent relationship) , when I open the mainform it causes the subform to slow down.
ie If I open the suform by itself - it opens quickly
If I then open the main - it runs quickly
If I then open the main again it runs slow or if I open the subform again - it runs slow - it continues to run slow - until I have opened the sunform by itself.
So something in the mainform is causing the subform to slow down.
Help! Thanks
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Jun 24, 2005
I am using Access 2003 but it is to slow, what can I do?
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Hi,
I have a database for booking equipment in and out.
I have the backend stored on a shared drive on our LAN, and the front end on each client machine.
The database has been working fine until just now, it runs very slow and my DCount functions have stopped displaying data.
I have no idea why this has happened, please help?
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Aug 24, 2006
hi all,
i'm create a aplication in ms access 2000 developer edition. this app comunicate with sql 2000.
we have problem with slow connection provided by access. in headquater wher people use access app it working quickly. sql 2000 is localted at headquarter too. but if i run app in warehouse it working very slowly.
VPN connection doesn't slow. but access can't use all vpn connection capacity but only 1/5 from this capacity?
how can i do something that acces can use all capacity that i have?
example: link is 512 kbps but access use only 100kbps and work very slowly.
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I developed a sales database that contains around twenty forms, (in addition to tables, queries, reports and 2 modules). In these forms, I'm setting recordsets, select statements and filters. We recently hired a person to set up a Virtual Private Network. After spending a couple of thousands on a server and countless hours reprogramming the database to have multiple users access the database out in the field, (via Verizon broadband network card), we were unsuccessful to use the database since it was taking too long to download the data or perform any calculations. The database is split. The users have a front end.
The person setting the VPN has suggested that I get rid of all the queries that I have in the forms (which is impossible), or use Visual Basic for the front end instead of Access with VBA.
When I set up the recordsets I use the following setting:
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rs.CursorType = adOpenDynamic
rs.LockType = adLockOptimistic
I don't know what to do. This program is very complicated and I don't want to have to reprogram the whole thing with Visual Basic, and I don't know how the front end is going to work if I eliminate all the queries, select statements and filtering.
Any ideas, comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
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At the moment, I have a very simple Access 2007 database with 3 small tables, and 4 small forms.
In two of the forms' headers, I have a text box with contents '=Nz([FirstName] & " " & [MiddleName] & " " & [LastName],"Untitled")' which I took from Microsoft's Marketing Projects sample database.
When I open the two forms with this text box, the forms displays instantaneously except for this text box -- this text box doesn't show its contents for almost a full second. The part of the form that displays right away includes the fields FirstName, MiddleName, and LastName, so it's not that Access is taking forever to pull the row of data...
The database isn't too large. It's about 800K.
It isn't the computer, it's an Intel Core2 Duo E6600 with 4GB memory.
Any ideas on how to speed this up? Is there a totally different way I should be doing this?
As you can problaby tell, I'm relatively new to Access. I've read a few books, but am at a loss why this function is running so slowly. Before, I've focused on web development however this client requres Access for this project. Any help would be much appreciated!
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I have a very simple table with about 20 fields. The thing is it has about 360,000 records in it. It has always been a little slow to open, although using a query works pretty fast. There is just this one table, no forms, no reports, no saved queries. Simple database with one table, but it takes forever to open now, seems to have gotten worse. I have compacted and repaired many times and it does not help. The database is stored on a server.
When I click to open the table up it says RUNNING QUERY at the bottom of the screen and then runs and runs for a LONG time. I cannot rely on queries since we want to keep this real simple for users of this data. Just go in, do a FIND or a FILTER and that is it.
Any idea why this is running so slow, or why it says RUNNING QUERY when I attempt to open it, is that normal?
Thanks.
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