Hi Dennis,

>>I cannot delete the tables before the select as I cannot find a way to close only those tables.

Use in alias will close a specific table


>If I delete all the records in the tables and then select...into table the user is presented with the dialog box "table exists. Overwrite Y/N?"

Set Safety Off

>I need to get around this either by deleting the tables or eliminating the question dialog.

Or maybe selecting into a different temp table?

HTH

Liam