the problem is that mysql do not support multi table because it works when I am remove the table Thanks to all for help ----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Voigt To: Alawi shekh albaity Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:09 AM Subject: Re: What wrong in this SQL A. Are you using a database that supports multitable deletes? B. Try joining, like: DELETE FROM cats a, articles b WHERE a.cat_id = $catid AND b.cat_id = $catid; Let me know. On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 01:03, Alawi shekh albaity wrote: What wrong with this code in sql : $SQLSTATEMENT["DeleteCategory"] = " DELETE FROM cats, articles WHERE cat_id = $catid "; Error no: 1064 Details : You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'WHERE cat_id = 1 ' at line 4 -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- Adam Voigt (adam@cryptocomm.com) The Cryptocomm Group My GPG Key: http://64.238.252.49:8080/adam_at_cryptocomm.asc