I've got an Access 2003 database linked to a SQL Server 2000 database. In SQL Server (Enterprise Manager) - the field is listed as:Data Type: text, Length: 16, Allow Nulls = YesIn Access, the ...

I know in Oracle you can use DBA_TAB_COLUMNS (or ALL_TAB_COLUMNS). My SQL Server knowledge is very rusty, but can't you use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS view?

SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table while working in Access. Sound complicated? It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us.