Query a table that has spaces in its name

Question

I have a situation, I have a Access table named Gas Flow Rates that I want to add records. When I try to run my insert query for a similar table Common Station<

Answer 1

SELECT * FROM [My Crazy Table With Spaces and Other Chars!]

Use brackets to "quote" table and field names.

Answer 2

Surround the spaced out item with square brackets:

[Common station]

Then slap the guy who designed the database.

Answer 3

Late to the party I know, but have just solved my own issue here... Playing in access 2007 using ODBC connection to an SQL Db.

Table name is Employee_Appointment Extra Detail Custom Syntax to select is as follows SQlRecordSet.Open "Select * from [Employee].[Appointment Extra Detail Custom]", Conn, adOpenStatic, adLockOptimistic

Hope this saves someone else a few hours of playing!

Answer 4

  cmdnon.CommandText = "INSERT INTO '[Common station]' ( S1Flow, S2Flow, S3Flow, S4Flow) VALUES (9999,999, 999, 999)";
    //Once the above line works replace it with cmdnon.CommandText= "INSERT INTO Gas Flow Rates ( S1Flow, S2Flow, S3Flow, S4Flow) VALUES (9999,999, 999, 999)"