A data diff tool for finding the difference between two Access MDB Files
See the following page and go down a bit for a list of utilities to compare Access databases http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/thirdparty.htm One of those might be what you're looking for.
I wanted to do the same (basically use DIFF to see differences row by row) so
1) I exported all the tables:
Option Explicit Option Compare Database
Private Sub ExportAllTables()
Dim myDatabase As Database
Dim myTableDef As TableDef
Dim strTableName As String
Set myDatabase = CurrentDb
For Each myTableDef In myDatabase.TableDefs
DoEvents
strTableName = myTableDef.Name
DoCmd.TransferText _
acExportDelim, _
, _
strTableName, _
Environ("USERPROFILE") & "\DeskTop\dump\" & strTableName & ".CSV", _
True
Next myTableDef
MsgBox "Done"
End Sub
2) concatenated them into one file
type *.csv > all.txt
CAT will do as well if you have it
3) diff'ed them
diff all.txt all2.txt
I've made an AccdbMerge utility that is able to compare data and programming objects as well. In scope of "row by row" comparison - it will show what records were added/modified/removed, for modified records it will highlight fields with updated values.
Try using SQL Data Compare from Redgate, http://www.red-gate.com/products/SQL_Data_Compare/index.htm
and then use this trick, http://www.red-gate.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?p=15296#15296