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BobJordan
Qrew Cadet
8 years ago

How do I delete a sub-set of records from a connected table?

I have a large number of records that I've imported into a table over a long period of time via the connected tables option (with the add, update, but do not remove option set) and now no longer need ...
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
8 years ago
You cannot add or delete records manually on a connected table.

So your choices are to either change the source table (if that is possible) and delete them there or to adjust the filter. For example, if you change the filter to match the source records exactly, and filter the old records out, then the old records should delete. In the next refresh.
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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
8 years ago
You may be perfectly correct, but let me ask some questions.  I'm not aware of a 25 MB limit for Sync files.  Do you recall why you think that?

If you split the file in half, why is it that you would set the Sync settings differently for the 2nd half - your Step 3.