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   JoeSpareBedroom to Rodney Wise   
   Re: Query to find just alpha chars?   
   30 Mar 07 16:02:23   
   
   From: dishborealis@yahoo.com   
      
   "Rodney Wise"  wrote in message   
   news:460d3438$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...   
   > Joe,   
   >   
   > Using the Delete Query (as Steve has told you) is the best way to go.   
   >   
   > However... be very careful...  These items (with the Alpha characters) may   
   > be linked to items in other tables.  Once you delete them, the link is   
   > broken and their children will be lost.  (still exist, but not linked to   
   > their parent item).   
   >   
   > Unless you are absolutely "sure" that these items are NOT linked to other   
   > items in other tables... I wouldn't simply delete them...   
   >   
   > But if you do, I would recommend that you immediately rename the   
   > "Answer.db" table which will be located in your Private directory to some   
   > other name... such as "save.db"  or something....  You may discover that   
   > you'll need to add them back to their original table.   
      
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