can we delete a record at a time in two tables using join

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Hi frnds,

how can we delete a record at a time in two tables using joins.

what's wrong in this query
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delete from admin from client c INNER JOIN admin a on a.mstr_id=c.mstr_id where c.padm_id=2020

Please correct this one

Posted 21-Dec-11 1:28am

swarup65

Updated 21-Dec-11 1:49am

sravani.v

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2011-12-21T01:47:00

Solution 1

You should have a foreign key to the other table and configure it to cascade delete. In this way the referenced record will be deleted if there are no more references to it. Have a look at the link for more info:
http://www.mssqlcity.com/Articles/General/using_constraints.htm[^]

Good luck!

Posted 21-Dec-11 1:47am

E.F. Nijboer

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swarup65 21-Dec-11 8:01am

hi,
how can we will apply delete cascade

E.F. Nijboer 21-Dec-11 12:41pm

Check out the link

sravani.v · Answer 2 · 2011-12-21T01:52:00

Solution 2

Refer this link:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2696565/deleting-records-from-multiple-tables-at-a-time-with-a-single-query-in-sqlserver[^]

Posted 21-Dec-11 1:52am

sravani.v