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.

Take that recordset and use it to create a new table (a temporary one) in the local Access database.<BR>3. Close the recordset.<BR>4. Run my report off the new temporary table<BR>5.

Learn how to use SQL in Microsoft Access with this step-by-step guide, complete with examples, FAQs, and tips for better database management.

In this example, Transact-SQL will create a new table with all columns from the rows in "old_table" in which the last name starts with "Ja." ...