Re: delete from joined tables

hi

delete from table1
where est_id in (select est_id
from table2
where clus_id like 'NVC%');

yours,
christoph

ann hedley schrieb:
> Hi
>
> I want to delete rows out of table1 that match a selection based on
> table2, tables joined on uniqueID. i.e.
>
> table1
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> ----------+-----------------------+-----------
> est_id | character varying(15) | not null
> sequence | text |
>
> table2
> Table "public.est"
> Column | Type | Modifiers
> ----------+-----------------------+-----------
> est_id | character varying(15) | not null
> clus_id | character varying(10) | not null
>
> select * from table1 natural join table2 where clus_id like 'NVC%';
>
> Selects the ones I want to delete but
>
> delete from table1 natural join table2 where clus_id like 'NVC%';
>
> gives me a parse error at natural and all other delete commands I've
> tried fail.
>
> I can add the clus_id column to table1 and then delete on that column
> but surely I should be able to do it in one step?
>
> Thanks
>
> Ann
>
>
>
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