Suppose I have a saved query named qryUpdateSoupsOfTheDay in a Microsoft Access 2000 database named Menu.mdb. Suppose the SQL statement looks something like this:

UPDATE tblMenu
LEFT JOIN tblSoups ON tblMenu.Day = tblSoups.Day
SET tblMenu.SoupOfTheDay = tblSoups.Name;

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How do I wrestle this SQL statement (i.e., the text "UPDATE ... tblSoups.Name;") out of the Microsoft Access database?

I would prefer to do it with DBD::ODBC, if possible -- but I suspect it's not possible. I suspect I'll have to use Win32::OLE, DBD::ADO or similar medieval torture, in which case I'm looking for some magnanimous fellow monk to spoon feed me a ready-made solution. If I have to spend a week reading MSDN to accomplish this trivial objective, I'll hurl myself off a tall building and then I'll never finish my project.

Pointers to existing resources and helpful nodes are greatly appreciated. I searched, but I did not find.

Thanks!

Jim

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