>FROM clause is for VFP syntax not SQL syntax, in SQL it is a WHERE clause. There are two DELETE commands in VFP, one is VFP DELETE and it has a FROM clause the other is SQL DELETE and it has a WHERE clause. You are getting them mixed up.
Jim, from Help:
DELETE - SQL Command
DELETE [Target] FROM [FORCE] Table_List [[, Table_List ...] | [JOIN [ Table_List]]]
[WHERE FilterCondition1 [AND | OR FilterCondition2 ...]]
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