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The Day Microsoft Access Crashed: How a “Small” Database Became a Single Point of Failure

It started with something small. Someone in operations couldn’t open a file.“It says it’s already in use. Is anyone else in it?”A few minutes later, another message came through.“Now it’s frozen. I’m going to force close it.”Then the real problem appeared.“The file you are trying to open is corrupt and cannot be repaired.”What was supposed […]