compare tables

[dfs9]

In the article "Delete Duplicate Records From Access Tables"
By Danny Lesandrini writes the following:

This final suggestion is the most flexible and accurate. Given any
table, it generates a recordset of appropriate fields (excluding memo
and binary image fields) and dynamically loops through the fields'
collection to perform the recordset compare.

In this example, two recordsets are used, one being a clone of the
other. When a duplicate is found, it is deleted from the first
recordset and the next record is examined. When it has determined that
the records do not match, both recordsets are advanced. The code for
this solution is shown below. Copy and paste it into an Access module
and try it.

Sub DeleteDuplicate Records(strTabl eName As String)
' Deletes exact duplicates from the specified table.
' No user confirmation is required. Use with caution.
Dim rst As DAO.Recordset
Dim rst2 As DAO.Recordset
Dim tdf As DAO.TableDef
Dim fld As DAO.Field
Dim strSQL As String
Dim varBookmark As Variant

Set tdf = DBEngine(0)(0). TableDefs(strTa bleName)
strSQL = "SELECT * FROM " & strTableName & " ORDER BY "
' Build a sort string to make sure duplicate records are
' adjacent. Can't sort on OLE or Memo fields,though.
For Each fld In tdf.Fields
If (fld.Type <> dbMemo) And _
(fld.Type
<> dbLongBinary) Then
strSQL = strSQL & fld.Name & ", "
End If
Next fld
' Remove the extra comma and space from the SQL
strSQL = Left(strSQL, Len(strSQL) - 2)
Set tdf = Nothing

Set rst = CurrentDb.OpenR ecordset(strSQL )
Set rst2 = rst.Clone
rst.MoveNext
Do Until rst.EOF
varBookmark = rst.Bookmark
For Each fld In rst.Fields
If fld.Value <> rst2.Fields(fld .Name).Value Then
GoTo NextRecord
End If
Next fld
rst.Delete
GoTo SkipBookmark
NextRecord:
rst2.Bookmark = varBookmark
SkipBookmark:
rst.MoveNext
Loop
End Sub

How do I put this into a access project so I can compare two tables?

Thanks

[Larry Linson]

"dfs9" <da****@mmfcpa. com> wrote

How do I put this into a access project
so I can compare two tables?

You do not -- it does not COMPARE TWO TABLES, it DELETES DUPLICATE RECORDS
from ONE TABLE. And, just as a further caution, the comment in the code
says: No user confirmation is required. Use with caution.

The quoted article says copy and paste into a module (in the database where
the table resides). You'd run it by opening the Immediate Window and typing

DeleteDuplicate Records("****")

where you replace **** with the name of your table.

But PLEASE, do not run it expecting to compare two tables.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

[pietlinden]

You mean the general rule that you should understand what code does
before you use it *still* applies?! Darn!

[David W. Fenton]

pi********@hotm ail.com wrote in
news:11******** **************@ o13g2000cwo.goo glegroups.com:

You mean the general rule that you should understand what code
does before you use it *still* applies?! Darn!

Well, at *some* point you should understand the code.

But I do have code that I wrote some time ago that I run and don't
understand, because I've forgotten how it worked.

But since I wrote it, I did actually understand it.

Once.

Way back when. . .

--
David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
dfenton at bway dot net http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

[Larry Linson]

Well, at least it will be beneficial to read the description and comments
that describe what the code does. I fear that anyone who does not even read
the description may well execute it on the only, or production, copy of the
database.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP