Attribute VB_Name = "basADOconnection" Option Compare Database Option Explicit Sub ADOconn() 'Declare your connection and recordset Dim cnConn As ADODB.Connection Dim rsTable As ADODB.Recordset 'Set your connection to the current project 'Set your table to a new ADO recordset Set cnConn = CurrentProject.Connection Set rsTable = New ADODB.Recordset 'Open your table - in this case tblNames rsTable.Open "tblNames", cnConn, adOpenForwardOnly 'Move to the first record and loop through them to the end 'displaying each one in the Immediate window rsTable.MoveFirst Do Until rsTable.EOF Debug.Print rsTable!strFirstName & " " & rsTable!strLastName rsTable.MoveNext Loop 'Clean up your variables rsTable.Close cnConn.Close Set rsTable = Nothing Set cnConn = Nothing End Sub