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PostgreSQL - Delete query

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In this article, we would like to show you how to make DELETE query in PostgreSQL.

Quick solution:

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where some_value is either a number or a string wrapped with single quotation marks ''.

Practical example

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 To show how DELETE statement works, we will use the following table:

PostgreSQL - example data used with DELETE statement
PostgreSQL - example data used with DELETE statement

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At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.

Example 1

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In this example, we will delete user whose id = 8.

Query:

Result:

PostgreSQL - DELETE statement result (HeidiSQL)
PostgreSQL - DELETE statement result (HeidiSQL)

Example 2

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In this example, we will delete user whose name = John.

Query:

Result:

PostgreSQL - DELETE statement result (HeidiSQL)
PostgreSQL - DELETE statement result (HeidiSQL)

Database preparation

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create_tables.sql file:

 insert_data.sql file:

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