{"id":17763,"date":"2024-03-15T15:39:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T15:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-should-i-write-a-sql-delete-statement\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T11:41:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T11:41:09","slug":"how-should-i-write-a-sql-delete-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-should-i-write-a-sql-delete-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"How should I write a SQL delete statement?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To write a SQL delete statement, you need to use the DELETE FROM statement followed by the name of the table you want to delete data from, and then use the WHERE clause to specify the conditions of the data you want to delete.<\/p>\n<p>Grammar as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DELETE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> \u8868\u540d\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">WHERE<\/span> \u6761\u4ef6;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>For example, if you want to remove a customer named &#8220;John&#8221; from a table named &#8220;customers&#8221;, you can do so like this:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DELETE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> customers\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">WHERE<\/span> name <span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-string\">'John'<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Please note that this will delete all rows that meet the criteria. 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