If you want to delete a record from any MySQL table then you can use SQL command DELETE FROM. You can use this command at mysql> prompt as well as in any script like PHP.
Syntax:
Here is generic SQL syntax of DELETE command to delete data from a MySQL table:
DELETE FROM table_name [WHERE Clause]
If WHERE clause is not specified then all the records will be deleted from the given MySQL table.
You can specify any condition using WHERE clause.
You can delete records in a single table at a time.
The WHERE clause is very useful when you want to delete selected rows in a table.
Deleting Data from Command Prompt:
This will use SQL DELETE command with WHERE clause to delete selected data into MySQL table tutorials_tbl
Example:
Following example will delete a record into tutorial_tbl whose tutorial_id is 3.
root@host# mysql -u root -p password;
Enter password:*******
mysql> use TUTORIALS;
Database changed
mysql> DELETE FROM tutorials_tbl WHERE tutorial_id=3;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.23 sec)