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Can Not Delete from specified tables

Access 2003 saving as Access 200 database

Select TempTran.*
FROM TempTran02_canc LEFT JOIN TempTran ON (TempTran02_canc.Ptid = TempTran.Ptid) AND (TempTran02_canc.Datedata = TempTran.Datedata) AND (TempTran02_canc.Timeeff = TempTran.Timeeff);
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Change to delete and it says can not delete from specified tables.

DELETE *
FROM TempTran
Where (tempTran.Ptid in (select Ptid from TempTran02_canc)) and (TempTran.Datedata in (select Datedata from TempTran02_canc)) AND (TempTran.Timeeff in (select Timeeff from TempTran 02_canc));
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Reverse the order and it asks for TempTran02_canc.Ptid
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avgplusguy

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TempTran is the the temporay table which I have now indexed.
TempTran02_canc is a query that selects the people that have canceled.
None of the above is unique or could be used as a key field.
AccessNO is the only key field in the table.
I am tempted to output AccessNO to a table and then delete from that table, but I am trying to do this in only a couple of steps.

avgplusguy

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SOLUTION
query one
SELECT TempTran.AccessNO INTO Canc_q
FROM TempTran
WHERE (((TempTran.Datedata) In (select Datedata from TempTran02_canc)) AND ((TempTran.Timeeff) In (select Timeeff from TempTran02_canc)) AND ((TempTran.Ptid) In (select Ptid from TempTran02_canc)));

query two
DELETE *
FROM TempTran where TempTran.AccessNO in (select AccessNO from Canc_q);

avgplusguy

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The Sloath
Thank you for making think about indexes. It was not the solution, but it got me thinking so you get the points...