Excel query and then data back into Access

[AndyDevine1]

Hi

I have set up a query in Excel to read from a table in my Access database

I am then editing the data in Excel.

Is there a way I can re-import the data back into the same table and overwrite any records that have been changed?

Many thanks

Andy

 

[alansidman]

Perhaps, if you made your table in Excel and then linked your excel table to Access instead of having the table reside directly in Access?

 

[AndyDevine1]

Hi Alan

Thanks for your reply

I'm working on a joint project and have been 'instructed' this we should do it in this way.

Do you know if it is possible/easy?

Thanks

Andy

 

[xenou]

Depending on what you mean by "edit in Excel", you can very easily just create a new access database, link to the table, and do the edits that way. Viewing the data in an Access table is not going to be much different from viewing the data in an Excel spreadsheet (speaking very roughly).

Otherwise, you MUST know what keys are and use them to relate the records in Excel to the records in Access. Also you must be careful to remember that Excel will let you do things that Access will not (such as mix and match data types and insert duplicate records that violate primary key constraints, among many other errors that can occur in Excel since it is such a free form platform). With those caveats, you can script the transfer of data in either Excel or Access.