Thread: Ms Access Error “The Search Key was not found in Any Record”

Sometimes, when you try to store design changes in new object or when your compact the database in Access, you may get an error message showing that:

“The search key was not found in any record”

Furthermore, you may see some database objects listed in the database window, though the save attempt has failed. However, when you try to open the same database object, you may get the following error message:

“The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot find the object <object name>. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name and path name correctly. “

This error message unexpectedly quit the database and can make them inaccessible.

Cause

This error message generally occurs when your Access database is corrupted. Due to the corruption, the database Jet Engine can’t find the database object required to initialize the database.

Resolution

To fix this error, you can use inbuilt Access database utility known as “Compact and Repair”. You can perform it by following these steps:

1. open the Access
2. Click on tools menu and select ‘Database Utilities -> Compact and Repair
Database’.

This utility compact the new database with existing database and repairs it. This method works in some cases of database corruption but if you don’t get the desired results from this tool, you need to third party data recovery software.

There are many special software programs are available that are designed to repair and restore the corrupted access database. These [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] tools repairs the corrupted database objects including forms, tables, queries and macros and restore them without modifying the original contents. These software are able to restore the corrupted access database in almost all possible cases of corruption.

Stellar Phoenix Access Recovery is a robust and fabulous data recovery software that can repair and restore the corrupted access database along with all its contents. It is an easy to use, secure and fast access recovery software. It can also recover the multimedia files used in access database. This data recovery software is compatible with all file versions of Access including MS Access 97 / 2000 / 2002 / XP/ 2003 / 2007. You can download the demo versions of the software to start recovery.