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Copying Duplicate Records from Access Database

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geonebula

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Apr 11, 2011
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I have 3 databases with a set of redundant tables:
Source - with the field data entered (Primary Keys same as Master)
Master - containing all the merged data from the Sources
Master_Duplicate - to contain all duplicate records from an attempt to merge a Source into the Master

I have created 2 linked tables in the Master_Duplicate db for the subject table (one from the Master and the other from the Source).

Then I generate this SQL statement:

INSERT INTO [TableName](Field1,Field2,...FieldN) SELECT (Field1,Field2,...FieldN) FROM LinkTable_Source INNER JOIN LinkTable_Master ON LinkTable_Source.PrimaryKey = LinkTable_Master.PrimaryKey

and have the the Master_Duplicate database execute it. However, nothing is being inserted. What am I missing here?

The code is:
Code:
[COLOR=green]'Create link table of Duplicate Records[/color]
                    sTableName = varTableName
                    sDBPath = varItem
                    sLinkName = sTableName & "_Source"
                    sLinkName2 = sTableName & "_Master"
                    Set tblsrc = db.CreateTableDef(sLinkName)
                    tblsrc.Connect = "MS Access;DATABASE=" & sDBPath & ";TABLE=" & sTableName
                    tblsrc.SourceTableName = sTableName
                    Set tbldupsrc = dbMasterDuplicate.CreateTableDef(sLinkName)
                    tbldupsrc.Connect = "MS Access;DATABASE=" & sDBPath & ";TABLE=" & sTableName
                    tbldupsrc.SourceTableName = sTableName
                    Set tbldup = dbMasterDuplicate.CreateTableDef(sLinkName2)
                    tbldup.Connect = "MS Access;DATABASE=" & strMasterDbPath & ";TABLE=" & sTableName
                    tbldup.SourceTableName = sTableName
                    
                    On Error Resume Next [COLOR=green]'Assume error means table doesn't exist[/color]
                    db.TableDefs.Delete tblsrc.sLinkName [COLOR=green]' Delete old table link[/color]
                    db.TableDefs.Append tblsrc [COLOR=green]' Link the new table[/color]
                    db.TableDefs.Refresh 
                    
                    [COLOR=green]'Create table links in Master[/color] Duplicate database of sourcedb and masterdb
                    dbMasterDuplicate.TableDefs.Delete tbldupsrc.sLinkName [COLOR=green]' Delete old  source table link[/color]
                    dbMasterDuplicate.TableDefs.Append tbldupsrc [COLOR=green]' Link the new source table[/color]
                    dbMasterDuplicate.TableDefs.Delete tbldup.sLinkName2 [COLOR=green]' Delete old master table link[/color]
                    dbMasterDuplicate.TableDefs.Append tbldup [COLOR=green]' Link the new master table[/color]
                    dbMasterDuplicate.TableDefs.Refresh [COLOR=green]' Refresh the table list just in case[/color]
                    
                    [COLOR=green]'Place all duplicate records into Master Duplicate Database[/color]
                    strSQLDupIns = "INSERT INTO " & [varTableName] & "(" & strFieldList & ")" & " SELECT " & "(" & strFieldList & ")" & " FROM " & [sLinkName] & " INNER JOIN " _
                    & [sLinkName2] & " ON " & [sLinkName] & "." & [PK_field] & " = " & [sLinkName2] & "." & [PK_field]
                    dbMasterDuplicate.Execute strSQLDupIns
 
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