[ic] how to remove records from database

Garry interchange-users@lists.akopia.com
Sat Jun 30 05:29:38 2001


Why not use the admin interface?

You need to do it in 2 places: one, in the items section, and 2, in the
Administration, table option.  Select the table with the sku's in it and
remove the items there. Use the check box and hit delete.

Gaz


----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond" <raymond@raymond-hosting.com>
To: <interchange-users@developer.akopia.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 2:21 AM
Subject: [ic] how to remove records from database


> ok, I feel that I am close, but I can't complete the steps, I am
> messing up somewhere in the SQL commands:
>
> ok, I want to remove the old product IDs from the sku column
> in the merchandising table from the test_construct database;
>
> mysql> show databases;
> +----------------+
> | Database       |
> +----------------+
> | mysql          |
> | test           |
> | test_construct |
> +----------------+
> 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> mysql> use test_construct;
> Database changed
> mysql> show tables;
> +--------------------------+
> | Tables_in_test_construct |
> +--------------------------+
> | affiliate                |
> | area                     |
> | cat                      |
> | country                  |
> | gift_certs               |
> | inventory                |
> | merchandising            |
> | order_returns            |
> | orderline                |
> | pricing                  |
> | products                 |
> | recurring_items          |
> | recurring_orders         |
> | ship_addresses           |
> | transactions             |
> | userdb                   |
> +--------------------------+
> 16 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> mysql> show columns from merchandising;
> +-----------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
> | Field           | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
> +-----------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
> | sku             | varchar(20) |      | PRI |         |       |
> | featured        | varchar(32) |      | MUL |         |       |
> | banner_text     | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> | banner_image    | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> | blurb_begin     | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> | blurb_end       | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> | timed_promotion | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> | start_date      | varchar(24) |      | MUL |         |       |
> | finish_date     | varchar(24) |      | MUL |         |       |
> | upsell_to       | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> | cross_sell      | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> | cross_category  | varchar(64) |      | MUL |         |       |
> | others_bought   | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> | times_ordered   | text        | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
> +-----------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
> 14 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> mysql>
>
> mysql> select sku from merchandising;
> +-----------+
> | sku       |
> +-----------+
> | gift_cert |
> | os28004   |
> | os28005   |
> | os28006   |
> | os28007   |
> | os28008   |
> | os28011   |
> | os28044   |
> | os28057a  |
> | os28057b  |
> | os28057c  |
> | os28062   |
> | os28064   |
> | os28065   |
> | os28066   |
> | os28068a  |
> | os28068b  |
> | os28069   |
> | os28072   |
> | os28073   |
> | os28074   |
> | os28075   |
> | os28076   |
> | os28077   |
> | os28080   |
> | os28081   |
> | os28082   |
> | os28084   |
> | os28085   |
> | os28086   |
> | os28087   |
> | os28108   |
> | os28110   |
> | os28111   |
> | os28113   |
> | os29000   |
> | special01 |
> +-----------+
> 37 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> I want to remove all the sku's that start with os
>
> I am stuck, I tried the command from mysql.com site
> but it's not working...
>
> help.
>
> Raymond
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