"That is the kind of outside the box thinking for which I was looking"
You are welcome! ;-) Adrian, thanks for having my back and writing the sample code. M!ke Adrian Lynch wrote: > You wouldn't have to "import the Access data into the SQL database", > sorry, you started the with the quotes ;O). You can just select the > data from Access, loop over it and generate the SQL in insert into a temp table. > Something like... > > <cfquery name="theAccessQuery" datasource="..."> > QUERY THE ACCESS DATA HERE > </cfquery> > > <cfquery name="theSQLQuery" datasource="..."> > > CREATE #temp (COLUMNS GO HERE) > > <cfloop query="theAccessQuery"> > INSERT INTO #temp (COLUMNS GO HERE) VALUES (VALUES GO HERE) > </cfloop> > > SELECT FROM THE SQL TABLE HERE > > </cfquery> > > Why would you do this? Well, you now have all the Access data in SQL > Server and have available all the functions and constructs. One that > might be interesting is CHECKSUM and BINARY_CHECKSUM which I don't > think is available in Access. > > Interesting post. > > Adrian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:294841 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
