Re: [PHP-DB] deleting rows with composite primary key

> Is there a different syntax to the mysql delete statement when the "WHERE"
> clause points only to half of the primary key?
> 
> The structure is as follows:
> CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ` table1` (
>   `id1` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
>   `id2` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
>   PRIMARY KEY  (`id1`,`id2`),
>   KEY `id2` (`id2`)
> ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
> 
> Query is
> $query = "DELETE * FROM table1 WHERE id1 = '$recID';";

Integer values do not need to be quoted. You should be able to drop the
semi-colon from the query too.  See if that helps

> Error is a 1064 syntax error.
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Eli
> 
> 
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