In this example, Transact-SQL will create a new table with all columns from the rows in "old_table" in which the last name starts with "Ja." ...

Using SQL statements in Excel enables you to connect to an external data source, parse field or table contents and import data – all without having to input the data manually.

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.