delete query
I suggest including two more steps --
Step 0- Backup database
After step 1 add - verify the autonumbers of the records to be deleted.
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Build a little, test a little.
"Bob Barrows" wrote:
inungh wrote:
I would like to delete first 3 records of the table.
I know that I can set criteria to delete certain records in the table,
but are there any way to set criteria only the first 3 or 4 records?
Your information is great appreciated,
You really need to define the criteria to identify the "first" 3 records
in your table. Records can be stored in an entirely different order from
that with which they are displayed. In a relational database, tables are
defined as sets of unordered rows.
Without a numerically increasing row identifier (primary key), the best
you can do is a 3-step process:
1. Add an autonumber field
2. delete * from table where autonumber_field 4
3. Delete the autonumber field.
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HTH,
Bob Barrows
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