James that would but I know there would be more of a headaches for the ones doing the checking. And none of the fields are the same. It would be a night mare who has what product authorize for what company. Karen, Are the columns the same in each table? This could probably be done much more effeciently in fewer tables. You could add a field for the company and this would drastically reduce your linking headaches. James -----Original Message----- From: Karen Willingham [ mailto:kwillingham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kwillingham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 8:44 AM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Access question :VSMail mx2 ************************************************************* 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 *************************************************************