Hello -
I often, for a quick data point lookup, use DAO, such as:
Dim sql as string, qdf As DAO.QueryDef, rst as DAO.recordset
sql = "SELECT BirthDate FROM tblPerson WHERE Name = 'John'"
Set qdf = CurrentDb.CreateQueryDef("")
qdf.Connect = CONNECTION_STRING
qdf.ReturnsRecords = True
qdf.sql =...