Maybe my example attempt is misguided but the idea is to look up the prod_id from temp to know which records to delete in the prod, prod_price, prod_cat tables, all having the prod_id field as a link...just like you can do in a SELECT statement: select p.product_id, p.product_price from product_price as p, temp as t where t.product_id = p.product_id
Let me know if what I am asking is unclear. --- Rick Emery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You cannot refer to other tables. Which row in temp > would MYSQL know to > refer to test the WHERE clause? That is, if temp > has multiple rows, which > row in temp would MYSQL check against to determine > prod_id? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adv. Systems Design > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 2:43 PM > To: PHP List > Subject: [PHP-DB] DELETE in mysql? > > > sorry if this is painfully obvious but I can't seem > to > figure it out...It seems to me (unless I am reading > it > waay wrong) that the mysql DELETE command does NOT > allow you to refer to columns from other tables! > > I have identified certain records to be deleted from > 3 > tables and created a temp table to hold the > item_id's > to look up and delete...BUT HOW?! Ideally it would > be: > > > DELETE FROM prod, prod_price, prod_cat > WHERE temp.prod_id = prod.prod_id > AND temp.prod_id = prod_price.prod_id > AND temp.prod_id = prod_cat.prod_id > > TIA > > Luis > > ===== > ---------------------------------------------------- > Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better > idiot. > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== ---------------------------------------------------- Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
