if you are using mysql 4.x, you might try: DELETE answers FROM exam e, questions q, answers a WHERE a.question_id=q.question_id && q.exam_id=e.exam_id;
I've not tested this, though. -----Original Message----- From: Andrés Felipe Hernández [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 4:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-DB] delete statement question Hi, I hope you can help me with this: I have these 3 tables. exam ( exam_id ) questions ( question_id exam_id ) answers ( answer_id question_id ) I am wondering if i can delete all the rows for answers linked to a given exam using only one delete statement. Thanks in advance, andres -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
