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SQL DELETE Statement
The SQL DELETE statement is used to delete rows from a table. Generally, DELETE statement
removes one or more records form a table.
Syntax
DELETE FROM table_name WHERE some_condition;
Sample Table
EMPLOYEE
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EMP_ID EMP_NAME CITY SALARY AGE
1 Angelina Chicago 200000 30
2 Robert Austin 300000 26
3 Christian Denver 100000 42
4 Kristen Washington 500000 29
5 Russell Los angels 200000 36
6 Marry Canada 600000 48
Deleting Single Record
Delete the row from the table EMPLOYEE where EMP_NAME = 'Kristen'. This will delete only the
fourth row.
Query
DELETE FROM EMPLOYEE
WHERE EMP_NAME = 'Kristen';
Output: After executing this query, the EMPLOYEE table will look like:
EMP_ID EMP_NAME CITY SALARY AGE
1 Angelina Chicago 200000 30
2 Robert Austin 300000 26
3 Christian Denver 100000 42
5 Russell Los angels 200000 36
6 Marry Canada 600000 48
Deleting Multiple Record
Delete the row from the EMPLOYEE table where AGE is 30. This will delete two rows(first and
third row).
Query
DELETE FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE AGE= 30;
Output: After executing this query, the EMPLOYEE table will look like:
EMP_ID EMP_NAME CITY SALARY AGE
2 Robert Austin 300000 26
3 Christian Denver 100000 42
5 Russell Los angels 200000 36
6 Marry Canada 600000 48
Delete all of the records
Delete all the row from the EMPLOYEE table. After this, no records left to display. The
EMPLOYEE table will become empty.
Syntax
DELETE * FROM table_name;
or
DELETE FROM table_name;
Query
DELETE FROM EMPLOYEE;
Output: After executing this query, the EMPLOYEE table will look like:
EMP_ID EMP_NAME CITY SALARY AGE
Note: Using the condition in the WHERE clause, we can delete single as well as multiple records. If
you want to delete all the records from the table, then you don't need to use the WHERE clause.
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