Re: Table alias in DELETE statements

TODO has:

* Allow DELETE to handle table aliases for self-joins [delete]

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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> On the several occasions I've tried using table aliases in delete
> statements, it hasn't worked.
>
> Chris
>
> On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Hanno Wiegard wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've already checked the mailing archive but found nothing about
> > problems with the DELETE statement and table alias but it's not
> > mentioned in the docs. So the question for me is whether it is possible
> > to use a table alias in a DELETE statement or not, e.g.
> > DELETE FROM foo f WHERE f.ID > 3000 (more complicated cases in reality
> > and I really need the alias because the SQL is generated automaically
> > by a tool)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hanno Wiegard
> >
> >
> >
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