I was first looking if access could run a stored procedure to SQL Server and get a result set back. Instead I'm now basically looking if a record exists with a certain ID in a table (example: select * from thistable where id = 'id_supllied_from_access'). I've done 'EXISTS' query's in sql analyzer and thats basically what I need - can I do the same through ADO in ACCESS? Thanks for your help as I'm still getting familar with ADO.