Microsoft KB Archive/127978

= ACC: How to Delete Multiple Tables Quickly (2.0, 95, 97) =

Article ID: 127978

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q127978



Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.



SUMMARY
In some situations, you may want to delete multiple tables quickly, rather than to delete them one at a time. For example, when you import data from another product, an error table may be created. After many imports, there may be several error tables to delete. This article shows you how to use Data Access Objects (DAO) to delete these multiple tables.

This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to your version of the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access" manual.

NOTE: Visual Basic for Applications is called Access Basic in Microsoft Access version 2.0. For more information about Access Basic, please refer to the "Building Applications" manual.



MORE INFORMATION
The following example demonstrates how to use DAO in code to loop through the TableDefs collection and delete any tables whose name begins with "Import Errors."  Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there:

Option Explicit

  Type the following procedure: Function DeleteImportErrorTables Dim db As Database, t As TableDef, i As Integer Set db = CurrentDB For i = db.tabledefs.count - 1 To 0 Step -1 Set t = db.tabledefs(i) If t.name Like "*Import Errors" Then db.tabledefs.Delete t.name End If                    Next i         db.Close End Function  To test this function, type the following line in the Debug window (or the Immediate window in version 2.0), and then press ENTER:

? DeleteImportErrorTables

Any table whose name begins with "Import Errors" is deleted without confirmation.

