"Cecil Brand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm using:
>
> mysql Ver 11.18 Distrib 3.23.53a, for pc-linux-gnu (i686)
>
> I did the following query succesfully
>
> SELECT * FROM staff_user
> LEFT OUTER JOIN staff ON SCode1 = staff_SCode
> WHERE SCode1 IS NULL
>
> It returned all the row that was not in the right table.
>
> Know I want them deleted, but using:
>
> DELETE FROM staff_user
> LEFT OUTER JOIN staff ON SCode1 = staff_SCode
> WHERE SCode1 IS NULL
>
> gives me an error:
>
> mysql> DELETE FROM staff_user LEFT OUTER JOIN staff ON SCode1 =
> staff_SCode WHERE SCode1 IS NULL;
> ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'LEFT OUTER JOIN
> staff ON SCode1 = staff_SCode WHERE SCode1 IS NULL' at line 1
>
> what is going on here and can someone help me??????
3.23.53 doesn't support multi-table deletes. It's supported since 4.0:
http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/DELETE.html
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