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Use subqueries to restrict what rows in a table will be deleted
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3>
4> CREATE TABLE titles(
5> title_id varchar(20),
6> title varchar(80) NOT NULL,
7> type char(12) NOT NULL,
8> pub_id char(4) NULL,
9> price money NULL,
10> advance money NULL,
11> royalty int NULL,
12> ytd_sales int NULL,
13> notes varchar(200) NULL,
14> pubdate datetime NOT NULL
15> )
16> GO
1>
2> CREATE TABLE sales(
3> stor_id char(4) NOT NULL,
4> ord_num varchar(20) NOT NULL,
5> ord_date datetime NOT NULL,
6> qty smallint NOT NULL,
7> payterms varchar(12) NOT NULL,
8> title_id varchar(80)
9> )
10> GO
1> insert sales values('1', 'QA7442.3', '09/13/94', 75, 'ON Billing','1')
2> insert sales values('2', 'D4482', '09/14/94', 10, 'Net 60', '1')
3> insert sales values('3', 'N914008', '09/14/94', 20, 'Net 30', '2')
4> insert sales values('4', 'N914014', '09/14/94', 25, 'Net 30', '3')
5> insert sales values('5', '423LL922', '09/14/94', 15, 'ON Billing','3')
6> insert sales values('6', '423LL930', '09/14/94', 10, 'ON Billing','2')
7> GO
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> DELETE sales
3> WHERE title_id IN
4> (SELECT title_id from titles
5> WHERE pub_id = '1389')
6>
7>
8> GO
(0 rows affected)
1>
2> drop table sales;
3>
4> drop table titles;
5> GO
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