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The DELETE statement allows deleting selected rows from a database table.

            <delete statement> ::= DELETE FROM <table name>
                                     ( <where clause> )?

         
Sample Code
               DELETE FROM employees WHERE employee_id = 23
            

Deleting Rows from a Table. All rows are witch fulfill the condition employee_id=23 are deleted from the table employees.

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WHERE Clause