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Access Database 4 minute read

Fix MS Access Error “ID is not an index in this table”

Updated on December 20th, 2021
Charanjeet Kaur
Written By
Charanjeet Kaur
Kuljeet Singh
Approved By
Kuljeet Singh

Summary: This blog discusses possible reasons causing the Access error “‘Id’ is not an index in this table”. And, it suggests solutions to resolve the error manually or by using an Access repair tool.

Fix MS Access Error “ID is not an index in this table”

While attempting to open an Access Database, if you encounter an error message that reads: “’Id’ is not an index in this table”, it indicates that your Access Database file has become corrupt.

id is not an index in this table

Here’s an infographic summarizing the possible reasons behind the Access error and solutions to resolve the error.

Access error ID is not an index in this table

Contents

  • What Causes the Access Error “’Id’ is not an index in this table’?
  • How to Repair your Corrupt Access Database File?
  • Wrapping Up

What Causes the Access Error “’Id’ is not an index in this table’?

Corruption in an Access database resulting in the index error might occur when:

  • The database is shared over a network in a multi-user environment; and, a copy of the database is accessed by multiple users simultaneously.
  • The error message makes reference to the Visual Basic (VB) code. However, it is quite impossible to access the VB editor to check the real cause of the interruption.
  • Different versions of the application (Access Database) are used over the network by different users. There are systems running Access 2007 and systems that are running Access 2010.

How to Repair your Corrupt Access Database File?

After you encounter the MS Access error message “‘Id’ is not an index in this table”, try to Compact and Repair Access Database. If this doesn’t work, try the following solutions:

Solution 1 – Export Objects to a New Database

If the error persists, check if you can open the corrupted Access database. If its opens, use the export tool built-in into your MS Access application to export every object of the corrupted database to a new Access database manually. The steps to export the objects into a new database are as follows:

  • Create a New blank database
  • Manually export each database object from old to new DB
  • Recreate the required relationships between tables in the database

Note: If your database is large and complicated then, it could be time-consuming to import the DB objects manually. In this case, you can go with the next solution.

Solution 2 – Use Access Repair Software

Try using Access Database Repair software such as Stellar Repair for Access to fix your corrupted database (.MDB/.ACCDB) file that might have resulted in the “’Id’ is not an index in this table” error.  The software can repair database files of Access version 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, and earlier versions. Also, it helps restore all the database objects like tables, indexes, queries, relations. It even provides a preview of all the recoverable data, including deleted records, forms, reports, macros, etc. to help the users validate data accuracy before saving it.

Steps to repair a corrupted Access database are as follows:

Let’s look at how we can fix the Access Database error: “ID is not an index in this table” using this software:

  1. Download Stellar Repair for Access software.
  1. Select the database by using ‘Browse’ or ‘Find’ option.
  1. Once the file is selected, click the ‘Repair’ button to begin the database repair process. 
  1. The software shows progress of the repair process.
  2. Once the repair is completed, a message box which reads: ‘Selected MS Access database repaired successfully’ will appear. Click ‘OK’.

6. You can preview the contents of the selected database, including tables, deleted records, forms, reports, macros, etc. You can select single or multiple items for recovery.

  1. You can preview the contents of the selected database. You can select single or multiple items for recovery.
Preview of repaired database
  1. Once the repair procedure is completed, the tool will ask for a storage location to save the recovered items. You can select to store data at the same location where the original ACCDB file is located or in a new folder.
  1. Click ‘OK’ to complete the procedure to resolve the error message.

Watch the full video to repair ‘id’ is not an index error using Stellar Repair for Access.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVCOn79RivQ

Wrapping Up

Databases storing sensitive data are prone to get attacked by malicious users, which can turn the database corrupt. Also, factors like hardware failure, a software bug, etc. can damage an Access database and cause data loss. So, ensure to plan a recovery strategy in advance to avoid adverse circumstances. But if your Access database gets corrupted and data is lost, consider using Stellar Repair for Access software for quick and easy recovery of the data.

You might also be interested in:

How to fix Access Database Error: ‘Database needs to be repaired’?

Reasons for a failed table export in MS Access 2000 and it’s fixes

About The Author

Charanjeet

Charanjeet is a Technical Content Writer at Stellar®who specializes in writing about databases, e-mail recovery, and e-mail migration solutions. She loves researching and developing content that helps database administrators, organizations and novices to fix multiple problems related to MS SQL and MySQL databases and Microsoft Exchange.

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26 comments

  1. keith says:
    January 18, 2017 at 10:15 am

    The software helped me to fix the error.

    Reply
  2. Nira says:
    January 5, 2017 at 5:16 am

    Thank you so much,

    I like your way of explanation. I downloaded the demo version of your software and it was showing the preview of my data. I registered the full version and fixed it.

    Reply
  3. SNS says:
    December 30, 2016 at 5:35 am

    I had the error and I also checked the solution of Mr. Dirk to fix the error but I was unable to do it.

    Stellar Access Repair worked for me.

    Reply
  4. Hernandez Taylor says:
    December 26, 2016 at 10:51 am

    Successfully fixed the error.

    Reply
  5. Vivian says:
    November 30, 2016 at 6:50 am

    I purchased the single user license and, follow the repair process to repair the database. I am satisfied with the result because I also tried two more software before using it and they were unable to fix the problem.

    Reply
  6. Ricky L. says:
    November 8, 2016 at 9:48 am

    Thank you!

    I created a new database and import all the objects to fix the corruption.​

    Reply
  7. Nathan says:
    October 18, 2016 at 9:55 am

    Excellent analysis and you highlighted leading causes of this error. Your solution is very helpful for me.

    Reply
  8. Timothy K says:
    October 7, 2016 at 7:05 am

    I created 24 relationships with referential integrity. When I tried to add new one then got the following error message:
    “Too many indexes on table”
    I searched on forums but not found any relevant answer. It is mdb file so, how to fix this issue?

    Reply
    1. Jyoti Prakash says:
      October 10, 2016 at 4:24 am

      Hi Timothy,
      One reason can be the corruption in a table in MDB file user tries to import the data. The second reason can be index definition corruption.

      To fix this issue, create the copy of table without data. Remove all indexes then, run append query. Move the data from corrupted table to new table and recreate the indexes. Do not copy and paste method to recreate the indexes. At last, move the new table to the new file.

      If the above solution won’t fix you issue, then try Stellar Repair for Access tool. It supports MDB and ACCDB files. ​

      Reply
  9. Jyoti Prakash says:
    September 8, 2016 at 9:39 am

    Hi Lori,

    Thank you for inquiring about about software. Yes, Stellar Access Repair is able to fix the error. You should try this tool to fix the error.

    If you need any help then, please comment on the same.

    Reply
  10. Lori Richardson says:
    September 7, 2016 at 8:45 am

    When I tried to open my Access database got the same error. To solve it, I searched on google and found so many relevant sources including forums, blogs, discussions, etc. I used ‘compact and repair’ and created a new database to imports forms, tables, reports, and queries from the corrupt database. These options didn’t work for me. What should I do now? Is your software able to fixed it?

    Reply

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Table of Contents    

  1. What Causes the Access Error “’Id’ is not an index in this table’?
  2. How to Repair your Corrupt Access Database File?
  3. Wrapping Up

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