How about:

DELETE FROM users WHERE userid IN (SELECT u.userid FROM users AS u
LEFT JOIN roles AS r ON (u.roleid = r.roleid) WHERE r.roleid IS NULL
LIMIT 1);

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 11:59:25 -0400, Brock Jimmy D Contr 74 MDSS/SGSI
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> I've been able to figure how to use a delete subquery to delete all rows, but how do 
> I use a delete subquery to delete only one row?
> 
> I have two tables: users and roles with the following fields:
> 
> Users:
> 
> userid
> 
> roleid
> 
> Roles:
> 
> roleid
> 
> I want to be able to delete a rowid from the roles table, but only if the roleid 
> does not exist in the users table.
> 
> thanks
> 
>

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