>>>>What is the best way to loop though a table and delete parent records if no child records exist?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any tips!!!
>>>>
>>>>Joe
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Delete for !seek(PK,"ChildTable1","ChildFKTag") ;
>>> and !seek(PK,"ChildTable2","ChildFKTag") ;
>>> ....
>>>
>>>*or
>>>delete from parent ;
>>> where pk not in ;
>>> (select distinct ChildFK from child1 ;
>>>    union select distinct ChildFK from child2)

Cetin
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>>Thank you very much!!! That was a very quick response!!!
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Mine is quick ? Your reply came back before my "view" refreshed. I thought you replied before even I pressed "send" :) That's the fastest reply I've ever got :-)
>Cetin

See my other reply. When I try the DELETE FROM that you suggested I get an error message that the use of union in a subquery is not supported.