About getting Help on Microsoft Jet SQL

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About getting Help on Microsoft Jet SQL

You can access the Microsoft Jet SQL Reference help topics while working in Access or from the Visual Basic Editor.

ShowFrom Access

  • By searching for a Jet SQL keyword    In the Access Help pane, simply type a Jet SQL keyword, such as WHERE or Drop in the Search text box on the pane, and you will see a set of Jet SQL Help topics.

    Note  These topics do not include links to DAO reference topics or examples.

  • From the Table of Contents    Click Table of Contents on the Access Help pane. Under the Creating and Working with Databases and Objects folder, click Database objects, then click Queries to display the Microsoft Jet SQL Reference folder.

    Note  These topics do not include links to DAO reference topics or examples. If you want to display topics with links, open the Microsoft Jet SQL Reference folder located towards the bottom of the Table of Contents.

  • By pressing F1 from SQL View     Open a query in SQL view, and place the cursor on the keyword on which you want to display Help, and press F1.

ShowFrom the Visual Basic Editor

  • From the Table of Contents    In the Microsoft Visual Basic Help pane, under Table of Contents, locate the Microsoft Jet SQL Reference folder. Open this folder and browse to the topic you want.