SQL DELETE with INNER JOIN

Question

There are 2 tables, spawnlist and npc, and I need to delete data from spawnlsit. npc_templateid = n.idTemplate is the onl

Answer 1

If the database is InnoDB then it might be a better idea to use foreign keys and cascade on delete, this would do what you want and also result in no redundant data being stored.

For this example however I don't think you need the first s:

DELETE s 
FROM spawnlist AS s 
INNER JOIN npc AS n ON s.npc_templateid = n.idTemplate 
WHERE n.type = "monster";

It might be a better idea to select the rows before deleting so you are sure your deleting what you wish to:

SELECT * FROM spawnlist
INNER JOIN npc ON spawnlist.npc_templateid = npc.idTemplate
WHERE npc.type = "monster";

You can also check the MySQL delete syntax here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/delete.html