Thank you for your response and the info. Actually I was using 4.0.1 which I downloaded a couple of days ago:
[beckymcelroy@indigo bhm]$ rpm -qa | grep SQL MySQL-Max-4.0.1-2 MySQL-client-4.0.1-2 MySQL-4.0.1-2 [beckymcelroy@indigo bhm]$ Here's what I did: mysql> mysql> select * from cnam1; +------------+---------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ | number | cname | carrier_id | privacy | last_mod_date | last_mod_id | last_app_date | last_app_id | version | assigned_scps | status | +------------+---------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ | 4077711313 | SeanWheeler | 90 | 2 | 20011227114313 | 500 | 00000000000000 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | 9197722221 | berry | 90 | 3 | 20020102114127 | 500 | 20020102114532 | 501 | 4 | 10 | 0 | | 650 | San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 20011227111336 | 342 | 00000000000000 | -1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | | 302467 | Sue's Subshop | 90 | 3 | 20020109113241 | 500 | 20020102115111 | 501 | 7 | 24 | 0 | | 6014911113 | SudzCarwash | 520 | 1 | 20020102115234 | 500 | 20020102115259 | 501 | 33 | 32768 | 0 | | 333 | tubs | 99 | 2 | 20020109113440 | 501 | 20020109113440 | 500 | 3 | 10 | 0 | +------------+---------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ 6 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from cnam2; +------------+---------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ | number | cname | carrier_id | privacy | last_mod_date | last_mod_id | last_app_date | last_app_id | version | assigned_scps | status | +------------+---------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ | 4077711313 | SeanWheeler | 0 | 2 | 20020109113108 | 500 | 00000000000000 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | | 9197722221 | berry | 90 | 3 | 20020102114127 | 500 | 20020102114532 | 501 | 4 | 10 | 0 | | 650 | San Francisco | 90 | 0 | 20020109113158 | 342 | 00000000000000 | -1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | | 333 | tubs | 99 | 2 | 20020109113453 | 501 | 20020109113453 | 500 | 3 | 10 | 0 | +------------+---------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> delete cnam1, cnam2 from cnam1 left join cnam2 on cnam1.number=cnam2.number where -> (cnam1.carrier_id=90 and cnam1.number=cnam2.number) or (cnam2.carrier_id=90 and cnam1.number=cnam2.number) or (cnam1.carrier_id=90 and cnam2.number is null); Query OK, 7 rows affected (0.03 sec) mysql> select * from cnam1; +------------+-------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ | number | cname | carrier_id | privacy | last_mod_date | last_mod_id | last_app_date | last_app_id | version | assigned_scps | status | +------------+-------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ | 6014911113 | SudzCarwash | 520 | 1 | 20020102115234 | 500 | 20020102115259 | 501 | 33 | 32768 | 0 | | 333 | tubs | 99 | 2 | 20020109113440 | 501 | 20020109113440 | 500 | 3 | 10 | 0 | +------------+-------------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from cnam2; ERROR 1032: Can't find record in 'cnam2' mysql> select * from cnam2; +--------+-------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ | number | cname | carrier_id | privacy | last_mod_date | last_mod_id | last_app_date | last_app_id | version | assigned_scps | status | +--------+-------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ | 333 | tubs | 99 | 2 | 20020109113453 | 501 | 20020109113453 | 500 | 3 | 10 | 0 | +--------+-------+------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------------+-------------+---------+---------------+--------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> delete from cnam1; Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> delete from cnam2; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec) -- Becky McElroy --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php