SQL DELETE with JOIN another table for WHERE condition

Question

I have to delete rows from guide_category that have no relation with guide table (dead relations).

Here is what I want to do, but it of cou

Answer 1

Due to the locking implementation issues, MySQL does not allow referencing the affected table with DELETE or UPDATE.

You need to make a JOIN here instead:

DELETE  gc.*
FROM    guide_category AS gc 
LEFT JOIN
        guide AS g 
ON      g.id_guide = gc.id_guide
WHERE   g.title IS NULL

or just use a NOT IN:

DELETE  
FROM    guide_category AS gc 
WHERE   id_guide NOT IN
        (
        SELECT  id_guide
        FROM    guide
        )