DELETE
The DELETE
statement removes rows from a specified table.
Synopsis
- DeleteFromStmt
DeleteFromStmt ::=
'DELETE' TableOptimizerHints PriorityOpt QuickOptional IgnoreOptional ( 'FROM' ( TableName TableAsNameOpt IndexHintListOpt WhereClauseOptional OrderByOptional LimitClause | TableAliasRefList 'USING' TableRefs WhereClauseOptional ) | TableAliasRefList 'FROM' TableRefs WhereClauseOptional )
Examples
mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c1 INT NOT NULL);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO t1 (c1) VALUES (1),(2),(3),(4),(5);
Query OK, 5 rows affected (0.03 sec)
Records: 5 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> SELECT * FROM t1;
+----+----+
| id | c1 |
+----+----+
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 |
+----+----+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> DELETE FROM t1 WHERE id = 4;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM t1;
+----+----+
| id | c1 |
+----+----+
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 5 |
+----+----+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
MySQL compatibility
This statement is understood to be fully compatible with MySQL. Any compatibility differences should be reported via an issue on GitHub.
See also
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