delete WorkTable; from WorkTable; inner join RecToDelete on WorkTable.telNo = RecToDelete.TelNo>VFP9 Help at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6kt4x6zx(VS.80).aspx doesn't give an example of INNER JOIN in Delete and thus I could not figure out the correct syntax. I don't remember if I tried it in VFP9 before myself.