Chapter 32. Upgrading Access 97 and 2000/2002 Applications to Access 2003

Understanding the .mdb File Upgrade Process

Access 2003 is the first Access release that doesn’t introduce a new Jet database format. Prior to Access 2003, each version of Access—1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 95, 97, 2000, and 2002—had a different database file structure at the binary (byte) level. The differences between 16-bit .mdb files created with versions 1.0 and 1.1 ...

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