Hi Terrence

select * from table
delete from selection

If that doesn't work do it this way

select * from table into tmp1
delete from tmp1

There is no need to close tmp1 as it closes, when there are no rows left.

And now no more answers for tonight !

Kind regards

Uffe Kousgaard
www.routeware.dk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrence O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Mapinfo'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:28 PM
Subject: MI-L Deleting selection


> One quick question.  The answers probably something simple, however, it
has
> been eluding me.  Once you've used the select statement in MapBasic to
> select certain rows from a table, how do you delete them from the table??
> "Delete From"  wipes out all from the table, you can't use a where clause
> unless you have the rowid, and I even tried "delete selection from" and,
of
> course, that didn't work either.  Someone please(!) give me a clue.
>
> Terry
>
>
>
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