Question

in access i am doing this:

insert into accounts_changes 
 (select * 
  from accounts 
  where [Agency Code] 
  in (select * from tableimport))

it says that it doesnt like this INSERT statement

update:

sSql = "insert into accounts_changes (select * from Accounts where [Agency Code] in (select [Agency Code] from tableimport))"

i did what mark said and it is still giving me the same error message

syntax error in INSERT INTO statement

when i do this:

ssql = "select [Agency Code] from tableimport"
CurrentDb.Execute ssql

it says CANNOT EXECUTE SELECT QUERY

Answer 1

This part may have misled you:

ssql = "select [AgencyCode] from tableimport"
CurrentDb.Execute ssql

Execute requires an “action” query (INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE, or SELECT INTO). When you give Execute a plain (row returning) SELECT query, you will always get error #3065, “Cannot execute a select query”. It doesn’t mean there was anything wrong with your SELECT statement. Test your SELECT statement by pasting it into SQL View of a new query.

You showed two variations of [AgencyCode] … one with and another without a space between Agency and Code. Which is it?

I think your original INSERT statement had an extra pair of parentheses which aren’t needed. Try it this way:

insert into accounts_changes
select * 
from Accounts
where [Agency Code] in (
    select [Agency Code] from tableimport)

If that still fails, verify you have the same number of fields, with the same field names and data types in both Accounts and accounts_changes. If the fields in the two tables don’t match exactly, list the fields explicitly as @pcent showed you.