that's a good idea Anthony. I'll try it. thanks. /g -----Original Message----- From: Colli, Anthony G [mailto:Anthony.Colli@xxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 09:03 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access - Import/Export Specs I suppose it would be possible to create a new table with all the data in the system tables. SELECT MSysIMEXSpecs.* INTO NewSpecsTable FROM MSysIMEXSpecs; Then re-name the existing MSysIMEXSpecs table to MSysIMEXSpecs_old then re-name the newly created table (NewSpecsTable) to MSysIMEXSpecs. This way you can have your data and add to it to. It seems like Access doesn't care if it's a system table or not, as long as it has the same name, everything seems to work. You could do this with both system tables and then import your data between the two, then re-name them back to the original names. This way you wouldn't overwrite any existing data. -Anthony -----Original Message----- From: Glenda Wells [mailto:gwells@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 5:20 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Re: Access - Import/Export Specs Would this overwrite existing IMEX objects? The table I want to put the new specs in already has these system/hidden tables. /g ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles ************************************************************* _____ =20 << ella for Spam Control >> has removed 2112 Spam messages and set aside 0 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE! www.ellaforspam.com=09 ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************