Delete row if exists

Question

DELETE IF EXIST `#__menu`.*
FROM `#__menu` 
LEFT JOIN `#__extensions` ON `#__extensions`.`name` = 'com_view' 
WHERE `#__menu`.`component_id` = `#__xtensions`.`extension_id`
AND `#__menu`.`alias` = 'view-sites' AND `#__menu`.`path` = 'view-sites' AND `#__menu`.`title` = 'View sites';

What is wrong in my sql? I think the problem is in IF EXIST, but i could not figure out how to use it on row.

Answer 1

When you're deleting rows from a table, you don't need to use IF EXISTS - you're using a WHERE clause, so if it exists - it will be deleted.

Try changing your query to:

DELETE
FROM `#__menu` 
LEFT JOIN `#__extensions` ON `#__extensions`.`name` = 'com_view' 
WHERE `#__menu`.`component_id` = `#__xtensions`.`extension_id`
AND `#__menu`.`alias` = 'view-sites' AND `#__menu`.`path` = 'view-sites' AND `#__menu`.`title` = 'View sites';

Also, you don't need to specify ```#__menu.*`` (the columns) to be deleted - you'll just needDELETE FROM...`. Check out here for more info regarding the syntax.