by VB-Kung-Fu (19 Submissions)
Category: Databases/Data Access/DAO/ADO
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Tue 9th December 2003
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Deletes all tables in an Access database (hidden system tables are handled correctly)
VBcoders
'delete tables from
'*******************************************************
'DropTables:
' Drops all tables in the database.
'*******************************************************
Public Sub DropTables()
Dim rs As DAO.Recordset, tdf As TableDef
If MsgBox("Warning! All tables will be deleted.", vbYesNo, "Database = " & CurrentDb.Name) = vbNo Then
Exit Sub
End If
For Each tdf In CurrentDb.TableDefs
If IsSystemTable(tdf.Name) = False Then
Call CurrentDb.Execute("DROP TABLE " & tdf.Name)
End If
Next
End Sub
'*******************************************************
'IsSystemTable
' Checks if the named table is a system table.
' System tables begin with "MSys" and sometimes
' with "~sq_" when the database hasnt been compacted.
'*******************************************************
Public Function IsSystemTable(TblName As String) As Boolean
IsSystemTable = IIf(InStr(1, "MSys ~sq_", Left(TblName, 4), vbTextCompare) <> 0, True, False)
End Function
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