delete query problem

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pete johnson

i have two tables, faxprotol and tblbadfaxes. i want to delete all records
in faxprotocol which have a record in tblbadfaxes. of course each table
has a field named faxnumber and i have set a relationship between them.
faxprotocol has many records and tblbadfaxes has unique records (by
faxnumber).

i dragged the asterisk from the "many" table to the grid and in the delete
row i typed [faxprotocol], so it reads "from [faxprotocol]". without the
quotes, of course.

i dragged the field faxnumber from the tblbadfaxes to the grid and typed
[tblbadfaxes]![faxnumber]=[faxprotocol]![faxumber] as the criteria.

i get an error of "the text you entered isn't an item in the list.
where did i go wrong?
pete


[tblbadfaxes]![faxnumber]=[faxprotocol]![faxumber]
 
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 23:15:35 -0600, "pete johnson"

delete from table1
where table1!FaxNumber in (select FaxNumber from table2)

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP
 
i have two tables, faxprotol and tblbadfaxes. i want to delete all records
in faxprotocol which have a record in tblbadfaxes. of course each table
has a field named faxnumber and i have set a relationship between them.
faxprotocol has many records and tblbadfaxes has unique records (by
faxnumber).

i dragged the asterisk from the "many" table to the grid and in the delete
row i typed [faxprotocol], so it reads "from [faxprotocol]". without the
quotes, of course.

i dragged the field faxnumber from the tblbadfaxes to the grid and typed
[tblbadfaxes]![faxnumber]=[faxprotocol]![faxumber] as the criteria.

i get an error of "the text you entered isn't an item in the list.
where did i go wrong?
pete


[tblbadfaxes]![faxnumber]=[faxprotocol]![faxumber]
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You wouldn't use a criterion for this, but rather a Join:

DELETE faxprotocol.*
FROM faxprotocol INNER JOIN tblbadfaxes
ON faxprotocol.faxnumber = tblbadfaxes.faxnumber;

This is the SQL view; to do it in the grid, add both tables to the design
grid, join them by faxnumber, select *only* the * pseudofield from
faxprotocol, and change the query to a Delete query.

Back up your database first of course!!!!
 
many thanks to Tom.
also, i see that i mssspelled number as umber in one place.

pete
 
John W. Vinson said:
On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 23:15:35 -0600, "pete johnson"
snip>>
[tblbadfaxes]![faxnumber]=[faxprotocol]![faxumber]
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You wouldn't use a criterion for this, but rather a Join:

DELETE faxprotocol.*
FROM faxprotocol INNER JOIN tblbadfaxes
ON faxprotocol.faxnumber = tblbadfaxes.faxnumber;

This is the SQL view; to do it in the grid, add both tables to the design
grid, join them by faxnumber, select *only* the * pseudofield from
faxprotocol, and change the query to a Delete query.

Back up your database first of course!!!!
Click to expand...

Thank You very much.

here is the sql statement from the query:
DELETE FaxProtocol.*
FROM FaxProtocol INNER JOIN tblBadFaxes ON FaxProtocol.FaxNumber =
tblBadFaxes.FaxNumber;


i almost have it. i now have the exact sql statement as above. when I run
the query it says "you are about to change the data in your table, etc"
when I click yes, I really want to do this, it comes back with "Could not
delete from the specified tables".
pete
 
here is the sql statement from the query:
DELETE FaxProtocol.*
FROM FaxProtocol INNER JOIN tblBadFaxes ON FaxProtocol.FaxNumber =
tblBadFaxes.FaxNumber;


i almost have it. i now have the exact sql statement as above. when I run
the query it says "you are about to change the data in your table, etc"
when I click yes, I really want to do this, it comes back with "Could not
delete from the specified tables".
pete
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Make sure that FaxNumber is the Primary Key of tblBadFaxes, or at least has a
unique Index specified.

Or, use the In() syntax suggested elsethread.
 
it worked ok when i made faxnumber the primary key of tblbadfaxes, and
followed your previous John's instructions i guess that i never set up
such a query previously.

thank you all very much.

Pete.
 
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