Question

i would like to use this syntax to update a table in access based on data from a txtfile.

fenton in his comments on this answer:
read text file line by line and insert/update values in table

said that this is possible and i would like to see the exact syntax please

Answer 1

There are a number of examples in Stackoverflow, eg Slow MSAccess disk writing

strSQL="INSERT INTO tableX ( Name1,Name2 ) " _
& "SELECT Name1,Name2 " _
& "FROM [ltd.txt] IN '' [Text;Database=c:\docs\;HDR=YES;]"

You can also refer to a file by using the connection string that would be used in a linked table:

strSQL = "SELECT SomeField " _
& "FROM [Text;HDR=YES;FMT=Delimited;IMEX=2;DATABASE=C:\SomeDir\].MyTextFile.csv"