I have two databases here, and I can read both with Access. However, I can only write to one with Access, the second one, although it appears to be set up the same - I think - I can't write to it to add records. Access shows the [Insert Record] field as greyd out? Any clues anyone? ta bob -- http://www.chalmers.com.au. Publications From China in 24 different languages. English, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Burmese, Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Persian, Swahili, Sinhalese, Thai, Tamil, Urdu, Vietnamese. China Books for CIBTC, Beijing.