MSAccess linked tables SQL Server "is not a valid name" error

I have a third-party database that i want to link to but many table names are illegal - so i'm looking for a workaround, possibly including just keeping a duplicate database with acceptable (legal) naming structure, that anybody might have tried.

many thanks

Solution

Within a SQL database you can CREATE SYNONYM to alias an object/table name to something usable within Access. Create synonms for all of the tables and then use those as your linked table names.

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