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    Linking to another database

    Almost there My next problem is not all the SQL tables I link to ask me to choose the unique record identifier. On the tables that it prompts me to choose the unique record identifier I don't choose one and this makes the table read-only. A few of the tables I link to its doesn't prompt me and...
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    Copying data from a linked subform to a new table

    I have linked a SQL table to my ms access database. In order to view the SQL table as read-only and still be able to update the access table I have setup a form with a subform. I know it would be a dublication of data but is there a way thru code of copying the data on the subform to my...
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    Linking to another database

    Thanks jmurphy. IT WORKS!! Linking the subform worked, I'm able to update my tables and have the SQL tables as read-only. I just need to work on how to make the subform look better, but that shouldn't be a problem.
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    Linking to another database

    Here is another way of trying to explain what I'm after I'm trying to link my accounting software to an access database. I have linked the table, which seems to work fine. My problem is I want the table from the accounting program to be read-only. I don't want to corrupt the raw data by...
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    Linking to another database

    yes the users have access to a form I have built in which they enter salesperson's commissions. There is really 2 parts to my MS access database. 1. Tables/Forms and Reports that I have built in access that I want the user to have permission to add/delete or change. 2. A linked table that...
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    Linking to another database

    I use a packaged software program at the dealership I work at. In the past I have been able to pull queries and information out of the database and into Excel. The query builder pulls the data as read-only and thus no fear of changing the main database. I have developed an access database for...
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