Error on MySQL multi-table DELETE

Question

Anyone could tell me what is wrong with the following mysql query?

DELETE FROM table1 as A, table2 as B WHERE A.delivery_status = '3' AND
A.delivered_on < '2015-11-26' AND A.delivery_id = B.delivery_id

Error : #1064 - 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 as A, table2 as B WHERE A.delivery_status = '3' AND A.delivered_on 'at line

I also tried < DATE('2015-11-26') because delivered_on is a datetime field, with no success.

Possible duplicate of [How to delete from multiple tables in MySQL?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3331992/how-to-delete-from-multiple-tables-in-mysql) — Hecke29, Nov 26 '15 at 09:04

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '15 at 08:51

Table aliases in a multiple-table DELETE should be declared only in the table_references part of the statement. Elsewhere, alias references are permitted but not alias declarations. You must type:

DELETE A,B FROM table1 as A, table2 as B WHERE A.delivery_status = '3' AND
A.delivered_on < '2015-11-26' AND A.delivery_id = B.delivery_id

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '15 at 08:45

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try this

DELETE FROM table1  A, table2  B WHERE A.delivery_status = '3' AND
A.delivered_on < '2015-11-26' AND A.delivery_id = B.delivery_id

answered Nov 26 '15 at 08:45

Parth Chavda

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user1847437 · Answer 3 · 2015-11-26T12:09:42.740

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This works fine for me:

DELETE table1 FROM table1 LEFT JOIN table2 ON table1.delivery_id = table2.delivery_id WHEREtable1.delivery_status = '3' AND table2.delivered_on < DATE($today) AND table1.delivery_id = table2.delivery_id";

edited Nov 26 '15 at 12:09

answered Nov 26 '15 at 09:23

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Error on MySQL multi-table DELETE

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