You can try delete from mysql.user where user='mail_admin' and host like '\%' ;
Note: I haven't tested it and since % is a wildcard you need to escape it. Best, Shiv On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethu...@jokefire.com> wrote: > Hello Krishna, > > > Thanks but I probably should have noted that I only want to delete the > wildcard user. There are other users I would prefer to not delete. > > mysql> select user,host from mysql.user where user='mail_admin'; > +------------+-----------------------+ > | user | host | > +------------+-----------------------+ > | mail_admin | % | > | mail_admin | 127.0.0.1 | > | mail_admin | localhost | > | mail_admin | localhost.localdomain | > +------------+-----------------------+ > 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > > sorry for not including enough information last time. > > best > tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Krishna Chandra Prajapati" <prajapat...@gmail.com> > To: "Tim Dunphy" <bluethu...@jokefire.com> > Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 9:03:46 PM > Subject: Re: delete syntax > > delete from mysql.user where user='mail_admin'; > > Krishna > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Tim Dunphy < bluethu...@jokefire.com > > wrote: > > > hello list, > > I am attempting to delete a user from the mysql.user table without success. > > mysql> delete from mysql.user where user='mail_admin@%'; > Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) > > > mysql> select user,host from mysql.user where user='mail_admin'; > +------------+-----------------------+ > | user | host | > +------------+-----------------------+ > | mail_admin | % | > > > > I would appreciate any advice you may have. > > Regards, > Tim > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >
