DELETE query not working in DQL doctrine Symfony2

Question

I am to delete a row based on ID, and i used this query to do the task:

 $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
    $query = $em->createQuery('DELETE buss from StreetBumbApiBundle:BussOwner buss WHERE buss.id = :bussId')
        ->setParameter("bussId", $bussId);
    $list = $query->getResult();

but i am getting this error:

{ "code": 500, "message": "[Semantical Error] line 0, col 7 near 'buss from StreetBumbApiBundle:BussOwner': Error: Class 'buss' is not defined." }

What is wrong i am doing?

Answer 1

You could solve this easily by using the QueryBuilder:

$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$qb = $em->createQueryBuilder();
$query = $qb->delete('StreetBumbApiBundle:BussOwner', 'buss')
            ->where('buss.id = :bussId')
            ->setParameter('bussId', "bussId")
            ->getQuery();

$query->execute();

BTW: If you replace getQuery with getDQL you can see how this translates into DQL (or getSQL)

What essentially is wrong in your method is the from in your Delete statement as delete in DQL looks like this:

$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$query = $em->createQuery(
              'DELETE StreetBumbApiBundle:BussOwner buss 
               WHERE buss.id = :bussId')
            ->setParameter("bussId", $bussId);

$query->execute();

Also, I am not sure why you use $query->getResult(). What would be the expected result of a delete? $query->execute(); does the job.

Apart from that, if you don't do complex delete statements, and in your case you are deleting an Entity querying with an Id.

Why not:

$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
$em->remove($entity);

And therefore pass the Entity, not just the Id to your delete function?