Oracle DELETE Statement

In Oracle, DELETE statement is used to remove or delete a single record or multiple records from a table.

Syntax

DELETE FROM table_name  

WHERE conditions;   

Parameters

1) table_name: It specifies the table which you want to delete.

2) conditions: It specifies the conditions that must met for the records to be deleted.

Oracle Delete Example: On one condition

  DELETE FROM customers  

WHERE name = 'Sohan';  

This statement will delete all records from the customer table where name is “Sohan”.

Oracle Delete Example: On multiple conditions

DELETE FROM customers  

WHERE last_name = 'Maurya'  

AND customer_id > 2; 

This statement will delete all records from the customers table where the last_name is “Maurya” and the customer_id is greater than 2.