From: Gina Whipp on 13 Jan 2010 21:17 Troy, I too am confused... pehrpas you could outline what Table 1 thru 3 is and their prospective fields along with what you are tyring to track/accomplish with this database. -- Gina Whipp 2010 Microsoft MVP (Access) "I feel I have been denied critical, need to know, information!" - Tremors II http://www.regina-whipp.com/index_files/TipList.htm "Troy" <Troy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:22857EE4-2B90-4AA2-A8CF-55B54444DBBF(a)microsoft.com... > Table2 was a table made from Table1 from a make a table query so the > fields > are the same. The criteria I would like to use is a list of account > numbers > from Table3. The field has the same name 'account number' as the other 2 > tables. > > I hope I was clearer today. I made my first post at night after a long > day! > > > > "John W. Vinson" wrote: > >> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:00:01 -0800, Troy <Troy(a)discussions.microsoft.com> >> wrote: >> >> >I need to append data from one table1 to table2 using the field in >> >table3 as >> >the criteria. This field in question is 'account number'. How can I >> >write a >> >sql statement to accomplish this? >> > >> >> I would GUESS that you would join Table1 to Table3 on [account number], >> and >> base your append query on this - but your post is sufficiently vague that >> this >> is just speculation. What's in the tables? How are they related? Do you >> want >> to append all records in table1 which have a match in table3 or only a >> subset? >> -- >> >> John W. Vinson [MVP] >> . >> |