On 23 May 2002, at 12:48, Steve Buehler wrote:
> I am using MySQL with a PHP front end. Is there a better way to delete
> from multiple tables than the following?
> $result=mysql_query("DELETE FROM team WHERE team_id = '$team_id'");
> $result=mysql_query("DELETE FROM conflicts WHERE team_id = '$team_id'");
> $result=mysql_query("DELETE FROM home_field WHERE team_id = '$team_id'");
Not really. You could do something like
foreach ( array('team', 'conflicts', 'home_field') as $table ) {
$result = mysql_query("DELETE FROM $table WHERE team_id = '$team_id'");
}
but that's the same as far as MySQL is concerned.
> I tried
> $result=mysql_query("DELETE FROM team,conflicts,home_field WHERE team_id =
> '$team_id'");
> But of course, that doesn't work. Or do all of the tables HAVE TO have the
> $team_id in them for this to work. The conflicts and home_field tables
> might not have the $team_id in it. So I either have to do each table
> separately or have to come up with a way to delete from multiple tables
> even if the $team_id is not in the "team_id" column. Any suggestions?
I'm pretty sure there's nothing resembling that that will work, I don't
see what you think the advantage would be, and I don't understand what you
mean about trying to delete from tables that don't have team_id (should
MySQL magically know which records are associated with an ID that's not
even in the table?).
--
Keith C. Ivey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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http://tobaccodocuments.org
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