Re: need help with delete query

2007-06-14 Thread Reinhardt Christiansen
- Original Message - From: "Ben Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 3:11 PM Subject: need help with delete query I'm trying to delete a subset of items in a table. The problem is, I don't want to query for the subset first, store the results and then run a se

Re: need help with delete query

2007-06-14 Thread Ben Liu
Thanks Brent, good tip. Works like a charm. On Jun 14, 2007, at 7:42 PM, Brent Baisley wrote: Here's a little trick. Get your DELETE query working as a SELECT. Then replace everything before FROM with DELETE tablename. SELECT order_items.ord_id FROM order_items LEFT JOIN orders ON order_item