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Asked: 2026-05-26T03:59:28+00:00

I have two ms access 2003(.mdb) file one is student record the other is

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I have two ms access 2003(.mdb) file one is student record the other is the test scores.

student record.mdb contents
tables:
basicinfo
schoolsattended
familyinfo

test scores.mdb contents
tables:
verbal
written

as you can see my student record.mdb has 3 table and the test score.mdb has 2, the important tables are only basicinfo, verbal and written dont mind the rest. what i want to do is count how many students got the specific scaled score using query for verbal and written as shown below.

[basicinfo](table1-student record.mdb)
[Name     age     rawscoreverbal    rawscorewritten](fields)
mark      16      6                 6
paul      17      5                 5
bryan     16      8                 8
jenny     16      7                 7

verbal(table1-test scores.mdb)
[rawscore     scaledscore](fields)
1                1
2                1
3                2
4                2
5                3
6                3
7                4
8                4
9                5
10               5

writen(table2-test scores.mdb)
[rawscore     scaledscore]fields
1                1
2                1
3                2
4                2
5                3
6                3
7                4
8                4
9                5
10               5

expected output

Verbal:
Scaled Score      Count
1                 0
2                 0
3                 2
4                 2
5                 0

written:
Scaled Score      Count
1                 0
2                 0
3                 2
4                 2
5                 0

I’ve tried using this code

SELECT v.scaledscore as [Scaled Score], count(i.rawscore) as [Count]
FROM verbal v LEFT JOIN basicinfo i ON v.rawscore = i.rawscore
GROUP BY v.scaledscore

it works but only if all tables are together in one .mdb file. But i need two separate .mdb files since i have something else to do with it. I dont wanna explain it since its a very long story. Is it possible? if it is, can anyone help me?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In the MDB where you want to run the query, link to a table in the other MDB. If you make the link name the same as the table name, the query will find what it needs.

    To link to an external table in Access 2003, from the main menu choose File->Get External Data->Link Tables. From there, the dialogs will guide you through selecting the database and then the table.

    If Access 2007, find the Access icon above Import on the External Data section of the ribbon.

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