如果记录不再需要,可以用delete 命令进行删除,语法如下:
DELETE FROM tablename [WHERE CONDITION]
例如,在emp 中将ename 为‘dony’的记录全部删除,命令如下:
mysql> delete from emp where ename='dony'; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
在MySQL 中可以一次删除多个表的数据,语法如下:
DELETE t1,t2…tn FROM t1,t2…tn [WHERE CONDITION]
如果from 后面的表名用别名,则delete 后面的也要用相应的别名,否则会提示语法错误。
在下例中,将表emp 和dept 中deptno 为3 的记录同时都删除:
mysql> select * from emp; +--------+------------+---------+--------+ | ename | hiredate | sal | deptno | +--------+------------+---------+--------+ | zzx | 2000-01-01 | 100.00 | 1 | | lisa | 2003-02-01 | 200.00 | 2 | | bjguan | 2004-04-02 | 100.00 | 1 | | bzshen | 2005-04-01 | 300.00 | 3 | | dony | 2005-02-05 | 2000.00 | 4 | +--------+------------+---------+--------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from dept; +--------+----------+ | deptno | deptname | +--------+----------+ | 1 | tech | | 2 | sale | | 3 | hr | | 5 | fin | +--------+----------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> delete a,b from emp a,dept b where a.deptno=b.deptno and a.deptno=3; Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.04 sec) mysql> mysql> mysql> select * from emp; +--------+------------+---------+--------+ | ename | hiredate | sal | deptno | +--------+------------+---------+--------+ | zzx | 2000-01-01 | 100.00 | 1 | | lisa | 2003-02-01 | 200.00 | 2 | | bjguan | 2004-04-02 | 100.00 | 1 | | dony | 2005-02-05 | 2000.00 | 4 | +--------+------------+---------+--------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from dept; +--------+----------+ | deptno | deptname | +--------+----------+ | 1 | tech | | 2 | sale | | 5 | fin | +--------+----------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)