DELETE

The DELETE statement removes rows from a specified table.

Synopsis

DeleteFromStmt
DELETETableOptimizerHintsPriorityOptQuickOptionalIgnoreOptionalFROMTableNameTableAsNameOptIndexHintListOptWhereClauseOptionalOrderByOptionalLimitClauseTableAliasRefListUSINGTableRefsWhereClauseOptionalTableAliasRefListFROMTableRefsWhereClauseOptional

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

The DELETE statement in TiDB is fully compatible with MySQL. If you find any compatibility differences, report a bug.

See also

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