<divclass='sql'><pre>DELETE FROM <i>component_name</i> [WHERE <i>where_condition</i>] [ORDER BY ...] [LIMIT <i>record_count</i>]</pre></div><ul><li\>The DELETE statement deletes records from <i>component_name</i> and returns the number of records deleted.<li\>The optional WHERE clause specifies the conditions that identify which records to delete.Without WHERE clause, all records are deleted.<li\>If the ORDER BY clause is specified, the records are deleted in the order that is specified.<li\>The LIMIT clause places a limit on the number of rows that can be deleted. The statement will stop as soon as it has deleted <i>record_count</i> records.</ul>