> I then want to delete these records from the source table. I have tried > various permutations of: > delete from sourcetable select * from sourcetable,targettable where > sourcetable.id=targettable.id; > but with no luck. > > The archive only seems to have questions relating to multi-table > deletes in > v4, and there is nothing about this in the manual or in Carsten's > FAQ.
Erhm, yes, there is - but it's not obvious in your context. You're trying to use a subselect, which isn't supported in MySQL - yet. > Is > there a way of doing this? At this time, no - not using MySQL directly. If you're using some program to interface w/ MySQL, I would suggest picking up the targettable.id's, collecting these in a comma-separated list and use a query like: DELETE FROM sourcetable WHERE id IN (<list>). / Carsten -- Carsten H. Pedersen keeper and maintainer of the bitbybit.dk MySQL FAQ http://www.bitbybit.dk/mysqlfaq --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
