Special Edition Using Access 97, Second Edition

Chapter 11. Using Action Queries

Action queries create new tables or modify the data in existing tables. Four types of action queries are available in Access:

• Make-table creates new tables from the data contained in query result sets. One of the most common applications for make-table queries is to create tables that you can export to other applications, or that summarize data from other tables. A make-table query provides a convenient way to copy a table to another database. In some cases, you can use make-table queries to speed the generation of multiple forms and reports based on a single, complex query.

• Append adds new records to tables from the query's Recordset.

• Delete deletes records from tables that correspond to the rows of the query ...