Originally Posted by
JoeM
I think you missed my point.
You link the table, like you normally would, but only expose the data to your users via Forms.
So where users go into the data, they do not have the ability to update it.
Now, with Access security as weak as it does, a knowledgeable user could still figure out how to access the underlying table, but usually, the intention is to protect against accidental updates.
If you users are really untrustworthy and you really need to lock things down to protect against malicious activity, you probably want something that has been security than Access.