>I tried to run this query
>
>delete from claim_detail where;
>claim_detail.line = claims02.Line and;
>claim_detail.claim_num = claims02.claim_num
>
>This query seems to be running but does not delete the rows. I know this query should delete 140 records as this select query.
>
>select claim_detail.* FROM claim_detail, claims02;
>where claim_detail.line = claims02.line and;
>claim_detail.claim_num = claims02.claim_num into cursor curDelete
>
>returns 140 records. Actually these 140 records I want to delete from the claims_detail table.
>
>Thanks for your concern
>Bhushan

Do you have key field in both these tables? If yes, then:

delete from claim_detail where KeyID in (select keyID from curDelete)

should do it.