How to Delete using INNER JOIN with SQL Server?

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nettoon493 picture nettoon493 · May 10, 2013 · Viewed 1.5M times · Source

I want to delete using INNER JOIN in SQL Server 2008.

But I get this error:

Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 15
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'INNER'.

My code:

DELETE FROM WorkRecord2 
INNER JOIN Employee ON EmployeeRun=EmployeeNo
WHERE Company = '1' AND Date = '2013-05-06'

Answer

Taryn picture Taryn · May 10, 2013

You need to specify what table you are deleting from, here is a version with an alias:

DELETE w
FROM WorkRecord2 w
INNER JOIN Employee e
  ON EmployeeRun=EmployeeNo
WHERE Company = '1' AND Date = '2013-05-06'

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