On 28 Aug 2006 05:52:47 -0700, swadeep.c@gmail.com wrote:

>i have a table in which the foreign key referance is to another column
>in the same table.
>
>Now is there any query to delete both the records the child and the
>parent using a single sql query.
>
>the table stucture is as follows
>
>ID, FDB_ID, STD_ID, etc
>
>here FDB_ID id the foreign key for ID
>
>ID FDB_ID ROLL REG_NO ST CD
>38 37 364 929560 491 S
>37 364 929560 491 F
>
>the second record is the parent and the first is the child
>
>Now i need to delete both the records using a single sql query. Can you
>pleas give the query??

DELETE FROM tab WHERE ID IN (37, 38);

Or set ON DELETE CASCADE on the foreign key and delete just the parent.

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