[thelist] sql delete query error help

[Sarah Sweeney]

>I'm trying to do a simple delete and I keep getting an error. Here it
>is:
>
>SQL-query :
>DELETE prodtemp.prodName FROM prodtemp WHERE pid = 145
>
>MySQL said:
>You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'prodtemp.prodName FROM
>prodtemp WHERE pid = 145' at line 1
>
>This makes no sense! prodtemp is most definitely the name of the
>table. pid is indeed a field as is prodName. 145 does exist in the
>table...

The correct syntax for a delete in this case would be:
DELETE FROM prodtemp WHERE pid = 145

This is because you are trying to delete an entire record from the
database, not just the prodtemp.prodName field.

Sarah