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philmc
07-31-2006, 10:16 PM
I have a table of ~165k records and need to delete records that are similar (2 or more records have the same lastname, firstname, dob). These records are not duplicates as other field values in these records are different. I've tried several sql scripts and Access methodologies but can't get valid results.

Thanks,
Phil....

neileg
08-01-2006, 01:10 AM
Create a query that has only the relevant fields on it. Then use the find duplicates query wizard on your query.