Running with syntax error for subquery in access DB

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Here am trying to run the below said delete subquery to delete some records in table1.But am getting syntax error while running.

Can you assist me on this?

What I have tried:

Do.Cmd.RunSQL “Select count(*) from table1 where id in (select id from table 2 where ENVRNMNT_STATUS = "Prod" and RELEASE_FLAG= "N")

Posted 5-Apr-18 5:28am

GJSS

Updated 8-Apr-18 22:07pm

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GJSS 5-Apr-18 11:42am

Do.Cmd.RunSQL “delete * from table1 where id in (select id from table 2 where ENVRNMNT_STATUS = "Prod" and RELEASE_FLAG= "N")

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Solution 2

Not an answer, but additional information to solution#1 by CHill60[^]...

MS Access very likes [;] at the end of query. On the other hand, you have to use transactions. I'd suggest to improve your query this way:

VB

DoCmd.RunSQL "delete * from table1 where id in (select id from table2 where ENVRNMNT_STATUS = 'Prod' and RELEASE_FLAG= 'N';);", True

See:
DoCmd.RunSQL Method (Access)[^]
SELECT Statement (Microsoft Access SQL) [Access 2007 Developer Reference][^]
Tips and Techniques for Queries in Access 2007[^]

Posted 8-Apr-18 22:09pm

Maciej Los

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CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-05T06:16:00

Solution 1

Try changing it to

SQL

Do.Cmd.RunSQL "delete * from table1 where id in (select id from [table 2] where ENVRNMNT_STATUS = 'Prod' and RELEASE_FLAG= 'N')"

Unless that table is not called table 2 but is table2 in which case use

SQL

do.Cmd.RunSQL "delete * from table1 where id in (select id from table2 where ENVRNMNT_STATUS = 'Prod' and RELEASE_FLAG= 'N')"

Note the use of single-quotes in both cases

Posted 5-Apr-18 6:16am

CHill60

Updated 8-Apr-18 21:56pm

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GJSS 5-Apr-18 17:03pm

I tried with this query
DoCmd.RunSQL “Delete * from table1 where id in (select id from table2 where ENVRNMNT_STATUS = 'Prod' and RELEASE_FLAG= 'N')”

It didnt work it out

CHill60 5-Apr-18 18:49pm

What do you mean "It didn't work it out"? You got an error? What?

GJSS 8-Apr-18 21:40pm

Yes, it throws an error "end of statement" is valid with red highlighted color.

CHill60 9-Apr-18 3:54am

Apologies - I put the close bracket in the wrong place - I've fixed the bug in my solution