SQL DELETE Command

DELETE Command in SQL

DELETE command is used to remove the record form specified table. You can delete all record at a time and also Remove a specific record with the help of WHERE clause. The FROM keyword is used with delete command.

Syntax is :

DELETE  FROM Table-Name

WHERE column-name=Condition ;

For example if you want to delete all record from table below:

TABLE_A

Name Course_Title Contact No City
Mr. Muneer DIT 999999 Karachi
Mr. Naweed PDP 222222 Lahore
Mr.tauqeer DIT 333333 Karachi
Mr. Jalil DIT 222222 Islamabad

DELETE  FROM Table-A ;

You can also use

DELETE  * FROM Table-A ;

But if you want to delete some specific record then use DELETE FROM statement with WHERE clause. For example delete those record whose city is Karachi.

DELETE  FROM Table-A

WHERE City = 'Karachi' ;