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> So far we have explained how to add data to tables and how to
change data. What remains is to discuss how to remove data that is
no longer needed. Just as adding data is only possible in whole
rows, you can only remove entire rows from a table. In the
previous section we explained that SQL does not provide a way to
directly address individual rows. Therefore, removing rows can
only be done by specifying conditions that the rows to be removed
have to match. If you have a primary key in the table then you can
specify the exact row. But you can also remove groups of rows
matching a condition, or you can remove all rows in the table at
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> You use the <A
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command to remove rows; the syntax is very similar to the
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then all rows in the table will be deleted! Caveat programmer.
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