create table Employee (EmployeeNo int, EmpName varchar(50)); insert into Employee values (1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c'); create table WorkRecord2 (id int, EmployeeRun int, Company int, [date] date); insert into WorkRecord2 values (1, 1, 1, '2013-05-06'), (2, 2, 1, '2013-05-06') , (3, 3, 1, '2013-05-07');

BEGIN TRANSACTION; -- create temporary table create table #deletedRecords (employeeId int); -- INSERT INTO #deletedRecords SELECT e.EmployeeNo FROM WorkRecord2 w INNER JOIN Employee e ON e.EmployeeNo = w.EmployeeRun AND w.Company = 1 AND w.date = '2013-05-06'; -- delete from WorkRecord2 DELETE w FROM WorkRecord2 w INNER JOIN #deletedRecords d ON w.EmployeeRun = d.employeeId; -- delete from Employee using exists DELETE FROM Employee WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM #deletedRecords d WHERE d.employeeId = EmployeeNo); -- drop temporary table DROP TABLE #deletedRecords; COMMIT TRANSACTION;

SELECT * FROM WorkRecord2

SELECT * FROM Employee