Deleting Data
This lesson discusses how to delete data in MySQL.
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Deleting Data
We can delete rows from a table using the DELETE statement. A delete statement deletes an entire row and not individual columns. If changing a particular column value for a row is desired, use the UPDATE statement, which we will cover next. Also realize that deleting all the rows of a table doesn’t delete the table itself.
Example Syntax
DELETE FROM table
WHERE col3 > 5
ORDER BY col1
LIMIT 5;
Connect to the terminal below by clicking in the widget. Once connected, the command line prompt will show up. Enter or copy and paste the command ./DataJek/Lessons/13lesson.sh and wait for the MySQL prompt to start-up.
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