# tAccessConnection

Opens a connection to the specified database that can then be reused in the subsequent subJob or subJobs.

tAccessConnection opens a connection to the database for a current transaction.

For more technologies supported by Talend, see [Talend components](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/7.3/components/access).

### In this section

* [tAccessConnection Standard properties](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/access/taccessconnection-standard-properties)

**Related concepts**

[Inserting data in parent/child tables](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.3/access/taccessinput-taccessconnection-tlogrow-inserting-data-in-parent-child-tables-standard-component-the)