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Default Updating a SQL Dbase using values in specific Excel cells

An ADP project in Access is a front end to an SQL Server database. Depending
on its configuration, any changes in the ADP are reflected into the
underlying SQL Server Database automatically.

I am not sure why you are reflecting changes in the worksheet to the ADP
rather than to the SQL Server database directly. {If you did, the ADP will
update automatically}.

As I understand it, you are using the Excel GUI to update the table:

The SQL statement may not be straightforward; e.g if you change a value that
is a KEY in the underlying table, the SQL is 'INSERT INTO ...' but if you
change values that are not KEYS in the underlying table. the SQL is 'UPDATE
{table name} {fieldlist} Values{...} WHERE {conditions to identify target
row(s)}'.

The other question you want to ponder is whether you want to reflect the
changes as they happen or whether you want to reflect the changes in batch,
perhaps when a button is clicked or when the workbook is saved.