This Hannu Krosing wrote: > DELETE relation_expr FROM relation_expr [ , table_ref [ , ... ] ] > [ WHERE bool_expr ]
This in some ways is similar to Oracle where the FROM is optional in a DELETE (ie. DELETE foo WHERE ...). By omitting the first FROM, the syntax ends up mirroring the UPDATE case: DELETE foo FROM bar WHERE ... UPDATE foo FROM bar WHERE ... However I think the syntax should also support the first FROM as being optional (even though it looks confusing): DELETE FROM foo FROM bar WHERE ... thanks, --Barry ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly