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DELETE .. USING

Supported by ✅ Open Source Edition ✅ Express Edition ✅ Professional Edition ✅ Enterprise Edition

The USING clause allows for a JOIN between the table from which to delete rows with other tables.

Dialect support

This example using jOOQ:

deleteFrom(BOOK).using(AUTHOR).where(BOOK.AUTHOR_ID.eq(AUTHOR.ID)).and(AUTHOR.LAST_NAME.eq("Poe"))

Translates to the following dialect specific expressions:

DELETE FROM BOOK FROM AUTHOR WHERE ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' )

DELETE FROM BOOK USING BOOK, AUTHOR WHERE ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' )

DELETE FROM BOOK USING AUTHOR WHERE ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' )

DELETE FROM BOOK WHERE BOOK.ID IN ( SELECT BOOK.ID FROM BOOK, AUTHOR WHERE ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' ) )

DELETE FROM BOOK WHERE ID IN ( SELECT BOOK.ID FROM BOOK, AUTHOR WHERE ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' ) )

MERGE INTO BOOK USING AUTHOR ON ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' ) WHEN MATCHED THEN DELETE

MERGE INTO BOOK USING AUTHOR ON ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' ) WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET BOOK.ID = BOOK.ID DELETE

DELETE BOOK FROM BOOK, AUTHOR WHERE ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' )

DELETE BOOK FROM AUTHOR WHERE ( BOOK.AUTHOR_ID = AUTHOR.ID AND AUTHOR.LAST_NAME = 'Poe' )

/* UNSUPPORTED */

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