Deleting rows with MySQL LEFT JOIN
- by fabrik
Hello!
I have two tables, one for job deadlines, one for describe a job. Each job can take a status and some statuses means the jobs' deadlines must be deleted from the other table.
I can easily SELECT the jobs/deadlines that meets my criteria with a LEFT JOIN:
SELECT * FROM `deadline` LEFT JOIN `job` ON deadline.job_id = job.job_id WHERE `status` = 'szamlazva' OR `status` = 'szamlazhato' OR `status` = 'fizetve' OR `status` = 'szallitva' OR `status` = 'storno'
(status belongs to job table not deadline)
But when i'd like to delete these rows from deadline, MySQL throws an error. My query is:
DELETE FROM `deadline` LEFT JOIN `job` ON deadline.job_id = job.job_id WHERE `status` = 'szamlazva' OR `status` = 'szamlazhato' OR `status` = 'fizetve' OR `status` = 'szallitva' OR `status` = 'storno'
MySQL error says nothing:
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'LEFT JOIN `job` ON deadline.job_id = job.job_id WHERE `status` = 'szaml' at line 1
How can i turn my SELECT into a working DELETE query?
Thanks, fabrik