DELETING RECORDS IN AN EXTERNAL TABLE

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Is there a way to delete the records in an external table (Excel)? So, I
don't have to reformat my spreadsheet by exporting to excel, I would like to
DELETE all of the old records, then do an UPDATE to repopulate the new
records.

When I do this delete records in the external table. I receive an "ISAM.
(Error 3617), "Deleting data in a linked table is not supported by this".
 
I figured out away that works!

Do an UPDATE query & put "Null" in the "Update To:" for each field. See
example below.

Field: (field name1) (field name2)
Table: (external table name) (external table name)name)
Update To: Null Null
 

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