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Rick, what about the following (works from V4R3M0 upwards, lower versions maybe): delete from detailfile where dkey1||dkey2 not in (select hkey1||hkey2 from headerfile) HTH, Peter Colpaert Application Developer Honda Europe NV Langerbruggestraat 104 B-9000 GENT Peter.Colpaert@honda-eu.com Tel: +32 9 2501 334 Fax: +32 9 2501 231 ---------- "Captain, I cannot believe my ears!" - Spock ---------- "Richard B Baird" <rbaird@esourceconsulting.com>@midrange.com on 08/03/2002 14:22:15 Please respond to midrange-l@midrange.com Sent by: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com To: midrange-l@midrange.com cc: Subject: delete orphaned records in SQL hey all, I want to write an sql statement to delete orphaned records from a detail file (as relates to the header). the files have a multi-field key relationship. it's several key fields, but I'll reduce to two for examples sake. can I do something like this? delete from detailfile where (dkey1, dkey2) in (select dkey1, dkey2 from detailfile exception join headerfile on dkey1 = hkey1 and dkey2 = hkey2) Thanks, rick _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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