but Microsoft's Transact-SQL extension includes this handy feature. Creating a new table from query results can help you build a database of your clients, employees, expenses and other business ...

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.

CREATE TABLE Employee (EMP_ID INT PRIMARY KEY, Name VARCHAR(100), Salary DECIMAL(10, 2), ... Figure A: Asking Microsoft Copilot how to create a simple SQL table. Image: Mark W. Kaelin.