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Complete merge of all old man page information.

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ecpg reference page still needs formatting.
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Thomas G. Lockhart
1999-07-22 15:09:15 +00:00
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml,v 1.7 1999/07/22 15:09:09 thomas Exp $
Postgres documentation
-->
<refentry id="SQL-DELETE">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-DELETE-TITLE">
DELETE
</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
@@ -16,7 +21,7 @@
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<refsynopsisdivinfo>
<date>1998-04-15</date>
<date>1999-07-20</date>
</refsynopsisdivinfo>
<synopsis>
DELETE FROM <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ WHERE <replaceable class="PARAMETER">condition</replaceable> ]
@@ -93,15 +98,18 @@ DELETE <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable>
<title>
Description
</title>
<para>
<command>DELETE</command> removes rows which satisfy the WHERE
clause from the specified table.
</para>
<para>
If the <firstterm>condition</firstterm> (WHERE clause) is absent,
the effect is to delete all rows in the table.
The result is a valid, but empty table.
</para>
<para>
You must have write access to the table in order to modify
it, as well as read access to any table whose values are
@@ -119,12 +127,14 @@ DELETE <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable>
DELETE FROM films WHERE kind &lt;&gt; 'Musical';
SELECT * FROM films;
<computeroutput>
code |title |did| date_prod|kind |len
-----+-------------------------+---+----------+----------+------
UA501|West Side Story |105|1961-01-03|Musical | 02:32
TC901|The King and I |109|1956-08-11|Musical | 02:13
WD101|Bed Knobs and Broomsticks|111| |Musical | 01:57
(3 rows)
</computeroutput>
</programlisting>
</para>
@@ -134,9 +144,11 @@ WD101|Bed Knobs and Broomsticks|111| |Musical | 01:57
DELETE FROM films;
SELECT * FROM films;
<computeroutput>
code|title|did|date_prod|kind|len
----+-----+---+---------+----+---
(0 rows)
</computeroutput>
</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
@@ -145,8 +157,6 @@ code|title|did|date_prod|kind|len
<title>
Compatibility
</title>
<para>
</para>
<refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DELETE-4">
<refsect2info>