I have successfully created and connected to my database pulling over the tables yet when I go to edit a record or go into design mode it's in a read only for the edit and a splash telling me I will not get anywhere if I try to make changes to the index... also in the database tab everything is grayed out. So I first made sure all my MS updates for Access were up to speed... SP2 and on the SQL side a connection can be made. If anyone has a clue please respond.