DELETE
Removes rows from a table.
Syntax
DELETE
[ FROM ]
{ table_name WITH ( < table_hint_limited > [ ...n ] )
| view_name
| rowset_function_limited
}
[ FROM { < table_source > } [ ,...n ] ]
[ WHERE
{ < search_condition >
| { [ CURRENT OF
{ { [ GLOBAL ] cursor_name }
| cursor_variable_name
}
] }
}
]
[ OPTION ( < query_hint > [ ,...n ] ) ]
< table_source > ::=
table_name [ [ AS ] table_alias ] [ WITH ( < table_hint > [ ,...n ] ) ]
| view_name [ [ AS ] table_alias ]
| rowset_function [ [ AS ] table_alias ]
| derived_table [ AS ] table_alias [ ( column_alias [ ,...n ] ) ]
| < joined_table >
< joined_table > ::=
< table_source > < join_type > < table_source > ON < search_condition >
| < table_source > CROSS JOIN < table_source >
| < joined_table >
< join_type > ::=
[ INNER | { { LEFT | RIGHT | FULL } [OUTER] } ]
[ < join_hint > ]
JOIN
< table_hint_limited > ::=
{ FASTFIRSTROW
| HOLDLOCK
| PAGLOCK
| READCOMMITTED
| REPEATABLEREAD
| ROWLOCK
| SERIALIZABLE
| TABLOCK
| TABLOCKX
| UPDLOCK
}
< table_hint > ::=
{ INDEX ( index_val [ ,...n ] )
| FASTFIRSTROW
| HOLDLOCK
| NOLOCK
| PAGLOCK
| READCOMMITTED
| READPAST
| READUNCOMMITTED
| REPEATABLEREAD
| ROWLOCK
| SERIALIZABLE
| TABLOCK
| TABLOCKX
| UPDLOCK
}
< query_hint > ::=
{ { HASH | ORDER } GROUP
| { CONCAT | HASH | MERGE } UNION
| FAST number_rows
| FORCE ORDER
| MAXDOP
| ROBUST PLAN
| KEEP PLAN
}