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hambergler
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Posted - 2010-06-25 : 00:18:57

Can someone help me convert this to a delete statement? I've tried nesting this into a delete statement but it gives me errors.


SELECT t1.* FROM tableNAME as t1 inner join
(SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=D:\location\names.xls;HDR=No','SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]')) as t2
on t1.Empname=t2.empname;

Let me know if you need any further information.

webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-06-25 : 01:18:21

Try:

DELETE t1
FROM tableNAME as t1 inner join
(SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=D:\location\names.xls;HDR=No','SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]')) as t2
on t1.Empname=t2.empname;

And if it gives errors then please post the error messages.

No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

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