Question

I want to be able to use a varable table to delete records from two different tables.

I have this so far

declare @deleted TABLE (Card int)

insert into @deleted
select Card from table1
where recordstatus = 4

delete from table2
from @deleted d
where table2.actionstring like d.card
and Select convert(varchar(8),today,112)
from(Select dateadd(year,-1,getdate())as today)aa

sorry if this is confusing, I am using sql managment 2005
I basically want to be able to get a card number from table one, check to see if the date in table 2 is greater than a year if so delete the record in table 1.

In table two I do not have a field for card number so I need a LIKE statement.

I only have a error in the second part which reads,-
from @deleted d

Thank you in advance

Answer 1

Your second part of the statement is quite confusing indeed…. you’re mixing the DELETE with SELECT in a WHERE clause….. what exactly are you trying to achieve here??

declare @deleted TABLE (Card int)

insert into @deleted
  select Card from table1
  where recordstatus = 4

delete table2
from @deleted d
where table2.actionstring LIKE '%' + CAST(d.card AS VARCHAR(20)) + '%'
and CONVERT(DATETIME, table2.Date, 112) <= DATEADD(YEAR, -1, GETDATE())

delete table1
from @deleted d
where table1.card = d.card
and CONVERT(DATETIME, table1.Date, 112) <= DATEADD(YEAR, -1, GETDATE())

So are you trying to delete all rows from table2 where the the Table2.ActionString is equal to the Card column in your @deleted table?? Not quite clear.

Also : what’s with the date constraint?? What field in table2 do you want to check against?? What is the condition – <= or >= or what?