Create a query from within Access that attaches to my SQL Server and retrieves the recordset. I'd likely use the same technique I applied in this thread. <BR>2.

I need to select some data (surprise) from several tables in a linked database which is running SQL Server 2000.Now the resulting data set will be about 10,000 records taken from ~ 8 tables.I can ...

SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table while working in Access. Sound complicated? It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us.