Microsoft® Access® 2010 In Depth

13. Creating and Updating Access Tables with Action Queries

Action queries create new tables or modify the data in existing tables. Access offers the following four types of action queries:

• Make-table queries create new tables from the data contained in query resultsets. One of the most common applications for make-table queries is to create tables that you can export to other applications or that summarize data from other tables. A make-table query provides a convenient way to copy a table to another database. In some cases, you can use make-table queries to speed the generation of multiple forms and reports based on a single, complex query. ...