MS Access Tables WIth Spaces

Hi Everyone,
I am trying to write an application which requires connection to an old MS Access database. Unfortunately some of the tables have spaces in the names. I can query all tables except those with spaces in the table names. I searched for how to quote tables with spaces in the FROM clause on the net and have tried the following:
// Angled quotes
String sql = "Select * From `Function Groups`";
// double quotation marks
String sql = "Select * From \"Function Groups\"";
// single quotation marks
String sql = "Select * from 'Function Groups'"
// square brackets
String sql = "Select * from [Function Groups]"
I have set setEscapeProcessing to be both TRUE and FALSE in various trials as follows:
stat.setEscapeProcessing(true);
All of the above throws an exception from the Access Driver stating I have an error in the From Clause (Yes, there is a table called Function[space]Groups in the database). I am using the free MS Access driver which comes with Vista to connect to the read-only database via JDBC.
I cannot just exchange spaces for underscores for other reasons.
Does anyone know the special character used by the Access Driver to parse tables with spaces? Square brackets works with field names but not tables names :(
All help appreciated,
Tom

Doh! missed out a keyword not a quoting problem at all - for interest angled quotes (`) work around the spaces in the table names.

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> be on
> the testing server. Instead it shows if I use the local
dsn. But still
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