Delete

Performs a query to delete rows from a table.

Possible crash

To prevent accidental deletion of all rows, this will throw an error on execute() if no where() was defined.

To enable the deletion of all rows use force().

Methods

selectDatabase()

→ (database = String) → this

Selects a different database for this query.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
database	String	Name of the database to select

Returns

→ this

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where()

→ (string = String, values = Array<any>) → this

Adds a where-clause to the query

• Values should be set as ? in the string and given in left-to-right order via the 'values'-array to minimize the risk of sql-injection
• If you are using joins, specify the table and column together: table.column

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
string	String	The where-clause as a string with ? representing each values.
values	Array<any>	Array containing values replacing the ? in the string (from left to right)

Returns

→ this

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force()

→ () → this

Enables deletion of all rows.

Returns

→ this

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execute()

async → () → OkPacket

Executes the prepared query.

Returns

→ OkPacket

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