insert time into a time(0) data type

This is correct. Access does not have an equivalent of time data type. However, SQL Server will happily accept a datetime input from your Access query and discard the date part when inserting the time value. For example,

declare @t time(0);
set @t = getdate();
select @t;

works just fine

Please try formatting your query such that the time value looks like a well formatted datetime (or use can use the now function).

I've tried this and always get error 3155 : ODBC--insert on a linked table 'tblBAIIDActivity' failed. I've also used the ActivityTime and dteTime as a Date and that doesn't work either, same error. Here's a portion of my code. If I comment out the "!ActivityTime = dteTime" then the insert works.

Public Type BAIIDEvent ... ActivityTime As String ... End Type

Public Sub AddBAIIDEvent(udtBAIIDEvent As BAIIDEvent, Optional fSuccessful As Boolean)

Dim rst As DAO.Recordset Dim dteTime As String ...

  dteDate = udtBAIIDEvent.ActivityDate
  dteTime = udtBAIIDEvent.ActivityTime

... Set rst = gdbTables.OpenRecordset("select * from tblBAIIDActivity where BAIIDID = " & udtBAIIDEvent.BAIIDID & " AND ActivityDate = #" & dteDate & "# AND BAIIDEventID = " & lngEventID, dbOpenDynaset, dbSeeChanges) With rst If .BOF And .EOF Then .AddNew ... !ActivityTime = dteTime .Update ... End If End With

plus I forgot to add that I tried assigning !ActivityTime = Now() and that gave the same error.

@EuniceH Since implicit conversion from time to varchar is allowed, please try to use string but do not specify the AM/Pm part, and format the string as hh:mm:ss meaning include leading zero if needed for any part that is less than 10. For example, to represent 5 past 8 in the morning use "08:05:00" and to represent quarter till 5 in the afternoon use "16:45:00"

that worked! I'll have to mess around with it, but at last there is a way to insert! Thanks much Oleg!