How to delete '' entry in MySQL?


You can use delete command −

delete from yourTableName where yourColumnName='\\';

Let us first create a table −

mysql> create table DemoTable
   (
   FolderName varchar(100)
   );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.67 sec)

Insert some records in the table using insert command −

mysql> insert into DemoTable values("????");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.44 sec)
mysql> insert into DemoTable values("\\");
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.13 sec)

Display all records from the table using select statement −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

Output

+------------+
| FolderName |
+------------+
| ????       |
| \         |
+------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Here is the query to delete '\' entry in MySQL −

mysql> delete from DemoTable where FolderName='\\';
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.63 sec)

Let us check the record from the table −

mysql> select *from DemoTable;

Output

+------------+
| FolderName |
+------------+
| ????       |
+------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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