Transfer data from SQL table to Access table

Export a .sql file of the data and layout and import it into the Access tables?

Thanks.  Yes, I could do that, but I'd prefer to query SQL to get the data directly.

You should be able to import a SQL table via ODBC Data import directly to an Access table. You have to setup a connection to import the data from SQL Server, but you don't need it once the data is imported. Once the database is chosen, just pick the desired table to import.

If you want to import without a connection, export the SQL table to one of the import file formats supported by Access. Namely Excel, XML and text. I believe Access 2010 can import XML.

You can format a SQL table in XML thus:
SELECT * FROM sourceTable FOR XML PATH

Save the result to a file and import it into Access.

Good luck!

A direct SQL command would look like:

INSERT INTO targetTable
SELECT * FROM srcTable

You may or may not need to specify the column list ...
INSERT INTO targetTable (column1, column2, ...)
SELECT column1, Column2, ... FROM srcTable

To create table & insert:

SELECT * INTO targetTable FROM srcTable