Create A New Database

PCRecruiter uses a Microsoft Access or SQL database. Microsoft Access databases can be up to 1 Gigabyte in size, but have a maximum realistic working size of 750 Megabytes. You may have as many Access databases as you wish though, so the size restriction is not a major hindrance. SQL databases are only limited by the hardware they exist on. If you are an Access user of PCRecruiter and are using multiple large databases, Main Sequence Technologies will happily merge your databases into a single SQL database. Upgrading from the Access to SQL version of PCRecruiter costs only the difference in prices.

1) From any main screen in PCRecruiter, go to the Utilities Menu and select Create New Database. You will be presented with the 'Create New Database' utility.

2) Click the red button to begin. There are two ways to create a new database: start with a fresh, empty database, or copy an existing one. You will be prompted to make this choice. If you choose to replicate an existing file, you must select it at this time.

3) After the name of the database to be copied appears in the area below the red button, click the blue button. You will be given a blank field in which to enter the name you want to give the new database.

4) Click on the orange button and you will be allowed to select where the new database will be saved.

5) Click the green button to create the database.

6) Go to the Database Menu from any PCRecruiter main screen and choose 'Select Another Database'

7) You will be taken to the Login Screen. Find your new database in the dropdown list and log in as Admin, with no password.

8) You new database will have no users associated with it, and so no one but Admin can get into it yet. Go to Recruiters/Users in the System Tab and add users manually, or copy them from an existing database.