Delete Records From One Table that are Duplicated in Another

[Guest]

I've looked at similar posts here, and I still can't get the following query
to work. I am trying to delete all records from the Ignore_This_Table table
where the loan number in those records matches a loan number in the
Loan_Activities table. Here is my SQL.

DELETE *
FROM Ignore_This_Table
WHERE Ignore_This_Table.Loan# = Loan_Activities.Loan#

I've tried to use other examples posted here to make it work, but I keep
getting error messages. What is wrong with my SQL?

Many, many thanks,
Gwen H

 

[MGFoster]

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Like this:

DELETE *
FROM Ignore_This_Table
WHERE Ignore_This_Table.Loan# IN (SELECT Loan# FROM Loan_Activities)

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[Guest]

Never mind, I was trying to do it the hard way. All I had to do was set up a
delete query with the two tables in it. I linked them on the Loan# field. I
specified Ignore_This_Table as the From table by double-clicking the asterisk
to add all the fields to the query, then selected From in the "Delete" box.
Then I added the Loan# field from the Loan_Activities table, and selected
Where in the "Delete" box. Now it works like magic!

GwenH

 

[Guest]

Gwen,
I tried this and it won't work for me. I get the message "Could not delete
from specified tables." Any help?

thanks, Bill

 

[Van T. Dinh]

Your error message indicates Access / JET think there are 2 Tables involved
in the SQL.

Post your Table Structure and the SQL String of your Query.