subject: Resolving Jet Database Engine Error 3197 [print this page] Factors like interrupted write operation, faulty network hardware, and using the MDB file in another program often leave your MS Access database damaged. You might observe various symptoms indicating the behavior, counting from garbage values in the database to the complete inability to open the database file. This article outlines one of the frequently observed Jet database engine error and then mentions associated causes and different Access recovery alternatives.
Microsoft Jet database engine often returns errors that correspond to corruption in the database. When opening an Access database, you might receive the below error message with error number '3197' on screen:
The Microsoft Jet database engine stopped the process because you and another user are attempting to change the same data at the same time.
Each time when you click 'OK' in the error dialog-box, you see the number sign '#' for a complete row. After this, the error box displays again and the process continues until all the rows are filled with the number sign. Contrary to what is indicated from this error message, database might not always be placed on the network.
Cause
Database is corrupted. More specifically, this error results when Jet database engine finds issues reading long value page that has been referenced by the pointer present in the affected row. It can occur if long value column contains some garbage data stored in it.
User Action
Follow the below guidelines to solve the given issue:
Backup your MDB database file, close it, and delete the .ldb file, if any
Run 'Compact Database' utility
If running the above steps has failed to repair the database, run 'Repair Database' utility
If the problem continues, try importing the database objects to a new database
Run Jetcomp.exe utility to recover the seemingly unrecoverable database
Access File Repair solutions are exclusive solutions designed to fix Access database corruption, irrespective of the cause and extent of damage. Also, these solutions are easy-to-use.
