I have two databases in Access97, one of the databases has 3 tables which are linked to the other. I just set the database passwords. the database with the linked tables has queries which use data from these linked tables. but now after I set the password the reports which run off these queries do not work, I get an invalid password error. Please tell me there is an easy way around this. Its my last day on this project and I thought it was all over till this bit me.