"I need to use labview in order to read and write to an access database (8 columns per entry). I'm not too familiar with the program, but i know that we have the database connectivity toolset and the sql toolset installed. Does anyone have any simple examples laying around for someone who isn't labview savvy?"
I did a search of the examples on the web site and found 100s of examples on LabVIEW and an access database. Do a search at this link for "microsoft access database labview" Example Code Library
The top example I found is titled "Write Table in Columns to an Access Database" which sounds pretty close to what you are looking for.