Is there a way to restrict direct write access to the DB in Microsoft Access 2007?

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I'd like to set up an Access (2007) project that contains queries on a DB (actually in MS SQL Server 2005), but I do not want to allow any direct writing to the DB. (Basically, just read-only.)

Is this possible?

Thanks in advance!

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