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Benoit Tordeurs
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,400 PointsChallenge SQL 2/3 delete the user with the username poley-hand from eCommerce database users/ bummer you did not delete
DELETE first_name,last_name, user, Id FROM users WHERE poley_hand is null IN ( password , username); SQL BEGINNERS, what ever I do:" you did not delete the correct column. I draw on the paper, involving all column, also tried. SELECT FROM WHEN IN AS( I just can't after hours, please help
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,261 PointsIt took a bit of searching to find the challenge you are (were?) working on. The instructions are: "Delete the user with the username of poley_hands." 
Since the DELETE operation always removes entire rows, you don't need to specify any columns except for the WHERE clause, and then you identify which row(s) to remove based on the contents. So in this case:
DELETE FROM users WHERE username = 'poley_hands';
Greg Harris
43,362 PointsFirst, you don't need to declare columns to delete as SQL is deleting the record. For safety, you can include the *
Second, you only need to specify their username in the WHERE clause and you need to pass the value. See below
DELETE * FROM users WHERE username = "poley-hand"
according to what you have provided about the db in question this should work