Learn how to retrieve data from an Access database by using Structured Query Language, or SQL

ANSI-89 describes the traditional Access SQL syntax, which is the default for Access databases. The wildcard characters conform to the Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) …

ADO is straightforward to learn and enables client applications to access and manipulate data from a variety of sources, including Access and SQL Server. Its primary benefits are ease of …

This is one of a set of articles about Access SQL. This article describes how to write a FROM clause, and uses examples to illustrate various techniques that you can use in a FROM clause.

You can include the Not logical operator to evaluate the opposite condition (that is, whether expr is not in the list of values). For example, you can use In to determine which orders are shipped …

This is one of a set of articles about Access SQL. This article describes how to write a WHERE clause, and uses examples to illustrate various techniques that you can use in a WHERE clause.

You use update queries in Access databases to add, change, or delete the information in an existing record. You can think of update queries as a powerful form of the Find and Replace …

Use joins in Access queries to combine records from different data sources so that each pair of records from the sources becomes one record in the query results.

Feb 1, 2012 · When entering dates as query criteria, enclose them in pound signs (#) to help Access understand what they are.

The second part of this SQL statement is the UNION keyword which tells Access that this query will combine these two sets of records. The last part of this SQL statement determines the …