Using the 'from join delete' Alternative to Delete Data : Delete « Insert Delete Update « SQL / MySQL

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Using the 'from join delete' Alternative to Delete Data

    
Drop table DVDs;
Drop table Studios;


CREATE TABLE DVDs
(
   DVDID SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
   DVDName VARCHAR(60) NOT NULL,
   NumDisks TINYINT NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
   YearRlsd YEAR NOT NULL,
   StudID VARCHAR(4) NOT NULL
) ENGINE=INNODB;


CREATE TABLE Studios
(
   StudID VARCHAR(4) NOT NULL,
   StudDescrip VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY (StudID)
)
ENGINE=INNODB;

INSERT INTO Studios VALUES ('s101', 'Universal Studios'),
                           ('s102', 'Warner Brothers'),
                           ('s103', 'Time Warner'),
                           ('s104', 'Columbia Pictures'),
                           ('s105', 'Paramount Pictures'),
                           ('s106', 'Twentieth Century Fox'),
                           ('s107', 'Merchant Ivory Production');


INSERT INTO DVDs 
(DVDName, NumDisks, YearRlsd, StudID)
VALUES 
     ('Christmas', 1, 2000, 's105'),
     ('What',      1, 2001, 's103'),
     ('Out',       1, 2000, 's101'),
     ('Falcon',    1, 2000, 's103'),
     ('Amadeus',   1, 1997, 's103'),
     ('Show',      2, 2000, 's106'),
     ('View',      1, 2000, 's107'),
     ('Mash',      2, 2001, 's106');


select * from DVDs;

DELETE DVDs
FROM DVDs, Studios
WHERE DVDs.StudID=Studios.StudID
   AND Studios.StudDescrip='New Line Cinema';


select * from DVDs;

           
         
    
    
    
  

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