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Old August 18th, 2004, 02:36 AM
John Vinson
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On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:08:28 -0700,
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I am creating a table using access and already have a data
table. I want to create a new one with new data and a
different name for the table.

How can that be done?


Short answer: with a MakeTable query based on the original data table.

Longer answer: Ordinarily this should NOT be a routine operation! In a
properly normalized database, you would usually have a set of defined
tables containing all your data; you would use Queries to select,
sort, filter and manage the data; Forms to display the data from the
queries; and Reports to print that data. Only once in a blue moon is
it appropriate to have two tables with data of the same "shape";
storing data in tablenames is ALWAYS a bad idea.


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