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Asked: 2026-06-08T06:31:48+00:00

I am trying to write some code that uses SQL to delete rows from

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I am trying to write some code that uses SQL to delete rows from several tables.

A user would type type numbers into a textbox that are separated by a comma which is used in the WHERE clause of a SQL DELETE statement.

I have managed to split the string into a variant array and now I want to insert it into my SQL statement.

How do I insert the variable into the SQL statement and have it run through every element of the array?

EDIT: A bit more digging has taught me about For Each Next statements. This is probably what im looking for.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I suggest you build your query in VBA, then your list of numbers can be an IN statement:

     sSQL = "DELETE FROM table WHERE ID In (" & MyList & ")"

    Where MyList = “1,2,3,4” or such like.

    As you can see, you do not need an array and a textbox would be more suitable than a combobox. If you wish to allow your users to select by say, a name, then a listbox is useful. You can iterate through the selected items in the listbox and build a string from IDs to be used in the Delete statement. ( MS Access 2007 – Cycling through values in a list box to grab id's for a SQL statement )

    You can then execute the sql against an instance of a database. For example:

     Dim db As Database

 Set db = CurrentDB
 db.Execute sSQL, dbFailOnError

 MsgBox "You deleted " & db.RecordsAffected & " records."
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