Read this SQL tutorial to learn when to use SELECT, JOIN, subselects and UNION to access multiple tables with a single statement.

You can create an SQL view that contains the syntax of your query. You will use this view to create an outer join query. In the SQL QUERY TABLES window, select SAMPLE.EMPINFO and SAMPLE.SALARY from ...

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.