Below sequence shows that MySQL returned 0 rows affected after it deleted 2 records.
Regards, Gunter Environment: W2K, mysql. 3.23.41-max-nt mysql> select * from mmecounter; +----------------------+----------------+-------------+--------------+---------+ ----------+------------+-------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+ | ID | Modified | Machine_ref | Category | Name | ValueNum | ValueFloat | ValueString | DataType | Spare1 | Spare2 | Spare3 | +----------------------+----------------+-------------+--------------+---------+ ----------+------------+-------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+ | -4636453695223307315 | 20011027125508 | 2 | TESTCategory | TestKey | 0 | 0 | TestText | 1 | NULL | NULL | NULL | | -4636453695223154567 | 20011027125508 | 2 | TESTCategory | TestKey | 0 | 0 | TestText | 1 | NULL | NULL | NULL | +----------------------+----------------+-------------+--------------+---------+ ----------+------------+-------------+----------+--------+--------+--------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> delete from mmecounter; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> delete from mmecounter where ValueNum=0; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> select * from mmecounter; Empty set (0.00 sec) Gunter Leeb Director of Development MachineGeneration Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Direct: (512) 266 2139 Main: (512) 266 9580 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php