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DELETE .. USING

Applies to ✅ 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 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 */

(These are currently generated with jOOQ 3.20, see #10141), or translate your own on our website

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