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Old May 20th, 2010, 05:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.queries
inungh
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On May 20, 10:50*am, "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


Thanks millions for helping,
I find the way to identify the records without knowing order of the
records.

Thanks again for helping,