Try this: DELETE FOR !("PLED" $ Field_a) AND !("CERTIFIED" $ Field_a)

>I am trying to delete a specific set of records that don't meet a particular criteria from my table. The code is as follows:
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>DELETE FOR Field_a not LIKE '%PLED%' AND field_a NOT LIKE '%CERTIFIED%' IN DOWNLOAD_TABLE3
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>and I get the following error message:
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>command contains unrecognized phrase/keyword
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>I am trying to delete all record that don't contain the word "CERTIFIED" OR 'PLED'. Is a problem using the operator LIKE? If so, is a another way of deleting records that don't match my criteria?
>Help appreciated.
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>THanks
>Nick Patel