I'm guessing here.

PMC_VAR_MELT_INFORMATION is a table in the Access database where you wrote
(and executed) the original query.

I suspect the problem is that Excel has no idea where to find this table.

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"rtiguy" wrote in message
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The following query works fine using Access:

SELECT PMC_VAR_MELT_INFORMATION.ARC_STRIKE_TIME,
PMC_VAR_MELT_INFORMATION.COOL_STOP_TIME
FROM ((PMC_VAR_HEAT_INFORMATION INNER JOIN PMC_VAR_ELECTRODE_INFORMATION
ON
PMC_VAR_HEAT_INFORMATION.HEAT_ID = PMC_VAR_ELECTRODE_INFORMATION.HEAT_ID)
INNER JOIN PMC_VAR_MELT_INFORMATION ON
PMC_VAR_ELECTRODE_INFORMATION.ELECTRODE_ID =
PMC_VAR_MELT_INFORMATION.ELECTRODE_ID) INNER JOIN [Electrode first and
last
melt ID] ON PMC_VAR_MELT_INFORMATION.MELT_ID = [Electrode first and last
melt
ID].Melt_ID
WHERE ((("8"+Mid$([PMC_VAR_HEAT_INFORMATION.HEAT_NUMBER],2,1))=85))
ORDER BY PMC_VAR_MELT_INFORMATION.ARC_STRIKE_TIME;

If I try to create the same query in Excel by copying the SQL statement
from
Access, Excel displays the message: Could not add table
'((PMC_VAR_HEAT_INFORMATION'

Is this statement too complex for an Excel query?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.