Is this what you are trying to do:

Hi, I've got two database tables and I'm trying to remove records from the first table that match a value in the second table.

If that's the case, it sounds like what you need is a SQL join. For instance:
(untested SQL code)

SELECT foo_id
FROM foo, bar 
WHERE paco < (waco + 10)
AND paco > (waco - 10)
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Here's the steps to take:

1. using DBI, run a SELECT SQL statement returning a result set based upon a JOIN of the two tables.
2. Going through each value in the record set, run a DELETE of the records that you want to remove.

I bet that there are some SQL gods out there who could do it through a single SQL statement, but for me SQL delete statements that complex give me the jitters.

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