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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml index 71ebeda880a..6366b158118 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/delete.sgml @@ -206,10 +206,12 @@ DELETE FROM [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ [ AS ] DELETE <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> </screen> The <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> is the number - of rows deleted. If <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> is - 0, no rows matched the <replaceable - class="parameter">condition</replaceable> (this is not considered - an error). + of rows deleted. Note that the number may be less than the number of + rows that matched the <replaceable + class="parameter">condition</replaceable> when deletes were + suppressed by a <literal>BEFORE DELETE</> trigger. If <replaceable + class="parameter">count</replaceable> is 0, no rows were deleted by + the query (this is not considered an error). </para> <para> |