with a linked table is there a way so the link name does not include library

[dgpnich]

I am using msaccess with db2 but this seems to apply to any odbc linked table. I do not want the libary to be included in the link name
example MISCMFIL_NAMMSP where MISCMFIL is the libray and NAMMSP is the actual table.
When I link the table by default it returns MISCMFIL_NAMMSP
I can manually rename the link but with the number of tables and links I need to process I would prefer that the library not be included at the creation of the link so I could forgo this step

[NeoPa]

The step cannot be foregone, but you can run a procedure in your code to process through all your tables (TableDefs) and rename them to a version of the name which excludes the text "MISCMFIL_" .

I know where you're coming from as I did something very similar myself on one of my databases.

[NeoPa]

You could use code similar to the following :

Public Sub RenameTables()
    Dim strLeft As String
    Dim tblThis As DAO.TableDef

    strLeft = "MISCMFIL_"
    For Each tblThis In CurrentDb.TableDefs
        With tblThis
            If Left(.Name, Len(strLeft)) = strLeft Then
            	Debug.Print "From " & .Name,
                Call DoCmd.Rename(NewName:=Mid(.Name, Len(strLeft) + 1), _
                                  ObjectType:=acTable, _
                                  OldName:=.Name)
                Debug.Print " to " & .Name
            End If
        End With
    Next tblThis
End Sub

Lines #9 & #13 are optional, but give a log of all the tables that have been renamed. You will find the results in the Immediate Pane (See Debugging in VBA).