fwob04 (11/7/2012)
As I mentioned previously there are several more tables involved. If one of them is the "key" table in the database, that archives one would be it, so that's the one I provided.I forgot to say thank you for the code. It did show the records that would be removed, and they were correct.
After running your sample, I tried my original again a few minutes ago and today it works.
I hate ghosts.
Glad you got it figured out and thanks for letting us know.
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