Access accessing SQL {}

Im using Access to access a SQL database. For one of the queries i see the following under column:

{ fn month(dbo.TableName.Date) }

Ive never used this structure before but im confused to what it is? Can anyone explain please?

Thanks

The curly braces and 'fn' server to denote a OBDC level function.

The T-SQL equilivent would be:

month( YourDateColumn )

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Hello

Thanks for that. Could you explain a bit more on that please? As far as im concerned i didnt think there would be an ODBC link as it was connecting straight to a SQL database (checking ODBC theres no link to a SQL database either). Maybe an example if you can on what this user could have been trying to achieve would be great?

Thanks