getting list of tables from an Access database

pcc

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If I run the code below as SQL in an Access database (for which I have read-write access), I end up with a table of all of the objecs

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SELECT name from msysobjects where type = 1;
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However, I f I use this code in Excel VB to try to do the same thing
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strsql = "SELECT name from msysobjects where type = 1;"
rst.Open strsql, cnt, adOpenStatic
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I get an error:
"Record(s) cannot be read; no read permission on 'msysobjects'."

Can anyone explain wht this is so, or, more importantly, what I ned to do to get it working?

Thanks
 

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