Delete duplicate records

[coachafrane]

I have a form that collects data onto a table called "Dailyattendanc e" with columns "Cardno", "Name", "Sex", "Age" and "Dateofattendan ce".

In preventing duplicate records i would like to delete records that matches criteria of same cardno, name, and dateofattendace .

Can i please get help as to achieving that, probably with a code.

Pls note: Very new to VB

Thank you.

[Luuk]

some thing like

INSERT INTO MAIN
SELECT X1.itemnumber AS itemnumber
FROM X1
WHERE not exists (select itemnumber
from MAIN
where MAIN.itemnumber = X1.itemnumber);

(source: here)


takes care of inserting only 1 record (if you expand this query with your own criteria)

[zmbd]

Luuk, I don't think that is what op is after.

Coachafrane, your question needs an example if would you please because as worded the question makes very little sense. What you are descibing makes it sound like there is a flaw in the design of the database

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[Luuk]

@zmdb: maybe this is not what OP is after,
I translated:
"In preventing duplicate records i would like to delete records ..."
to:
Why insert records that you do not want, and delete them afterwards. It would be simpler to not insert them at all.

But let's wait what OP (=coachafrane) has to say.....

[zmbd]

Luuk,
That was one way I read the question and the other was that the records need to be "updated" with new or different information.