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    Automatic duplicate deletion after appending to table

    I have a table with data and I'm going to be appending another similar table every week. I'd like to run a query that eliminates all duplicate entries in the new, larger table automatically. Is this possible?



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    Can you not filter out duplicate values beforehand?

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    Bing: Access delete duplicate records same table

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ac...#_Toc257848396
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    You could put a unique index (possibly composite) to reject duplicates as an entry attempt is made.
    Why are there duplicates?

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