Format

Microsoft Access Database File

Summary

Name

Microsoft Access Database File

Version

1.0

Identifiers

• Library of Congress Format Description Identifier: fdd000462
• PUID: fmt/1805
• Wikidata QID Identifier: Q117456349

Format type

Database

Description

Microsoft Access Database File, formerly known as Jet MDB Database format, is propriatory file format developed and used by Microsoft as a native format for its Microsoft Access (formerly Microsoft Jet Database Engine) desktop database management system. First released in 1992, starting with version 1.0 the earlier versions of the database used the Jet Database Engine, with version 1.0 having a maximum size of 128 megabytes, then increasing to 1 gigabyte with versions 1.1 and 2.0. This entry records the version 1.0 of MDB file format, for a full list of versions please follow the links provided in the Notes section.

Note

https://web.archive.org/web/20220711181532/http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Access https://web.archive.org/web/20220901011824/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Access https://web.archive.org/web/20220825195028/https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000462.shtml

File extensions

mdb, mda

Source

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints / The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Developed by

Microsoft Corporation

Relationships

Is previous version of

• Microsoft Access Database File 1.1

Is supertype of

• Microsoft Access Encrypted Database File 1.0

Internal signatures

Changelog

• Updated in V112

  Release date

  10 May 2023

  Microsoft Access Database File 1.0: Updated Wikidata QID. Submitted by Yale University Library.

• Added in V110

  Release date

  14 March 2023

  Microsoft Access Database File 1.0: Signature researched and samples provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

  Microsoft Access Database File 1.0: Full entry added. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.