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Asked: 2026-05-12T20:56:02+00:00

I have a list of numbers in an Excel sheet. I.e . one column

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I have a list of numbers in an Excel sheet. I.e . one column about 20 rows of numbers. Let’s say its called list A then I have some multi row multi column Excel sheet2 in which column C may contain some of the numbers of list A.
how can i delete the rows in excel sheet2 which contain list A numbers in column C

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  1. Editorial Team

    It is not really possible to delete rows from Excel through ADO (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257819), however, you can create a new sheet that does not include the rows you want to delete. You might find this easier with column headings and named ranges. Here is an example that does not include column headings or ranges, so the SQL refers to the various columns as Fn (default) and the sheets as [Sheetn$]

    strFile = Workbooks(1).FullName
strCon = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & strFile _
    & ";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=No;IMEX=1"";"

Set cn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
cn.Open strCon
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")

strSQL = "SELECT x.F1, x.F2, x.F3, x.F4, x.F5 FROM [Sheet1$] As x " _
       & "LEFT JOIN " _
       & "[Sheet2$] As y " _
       & "ON x.F3=y.F1 " _
       & "WHERE y.F1 Is Null"

rs.Open strSQL, cn

For i = 0 To rs.Fields.Count - 1
    Sheets("Sheet3").Cells(1, i + 1) = rs.Fields(i).Name
Next

Sheets("Sheet3").Cells(2, 1).CopyFromRecordset rs
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