在MySQL中,写SQL语句的时候 ,可能会遇到You can't specify target table '表名' for update in FROM clause这样的错误,它的意思是说,不能先select出同一表中的某些值,再更新这个表(在同一语句中),即不能依据某字段值做判断再来更新某字段的值。
DELETE u
FROM
users u
WHERE
u.sex IN (SELECT sex FROM users GROUP BY sex HAVING count( 1 ) > 1 );
将SELECT出的结果再通过中间表SELECT一遍,这样就规避了错误
sql修改为
DELETE u
FROM
users u
WHERE
u.sex IN ( SELECT a.sex FROM ( SELECT sex FROM users GROUP BY sex HAVING count( 1 ) > 1 ) a );
此问题只出现于MySQL,MSSQL和Oracle不会出现此问题