我的数据库中有一个表story_category，其中包含损坏的条目。下一个查询将返回损坏的条目：
SELECT *
FROM story_category
WHERE category_id NOT IN (
SELECT DISTINCT category.id
FROM category INNER JOIN
story_category ON category_id=category.id);
我试图删除它们执行：
DELETE FROM story_category
WHERE category_id NOT IN (
SELECT DISTINCT category.id
FROM category
INNER JOIN story_category ON category_id=category.id);
但我得到了下一个错误：
#1093-不能在FROM子句中为更新指定目标表“story_category”
我如何克服这一问题？
当前回答
如果从前门进来时有些东西不起作用，那么从后门走：
drop table if exists apples;
create table if not exists apples(variety char(10) primary key, price int);
insert into apples values('fuji', 5), ('gala', 6);
drop table if exists apples_new;
create table if not exists apples_new like apples;
insert into apples_new select * from apples;
update apples_new
set price = (select price from apples where variety = 'gala')
where variety = 'fuji';
rename table apples to apples_orig;
rename table apples_new to apples;
drop table apples_orig;
速度很快。数据越大越好。
其他回答
子查询中的内部联接是不必要的。看起来您想要删除story_category中的条目，其中category_id不在类别表中。
而不是：
DELETE FROM story_category
WHERE category_id NOT IN (
SELECT DISTINCT category.id
FROM category INNER JOIN
story_category ON category_id=category.id);
执行以下操作：
DELETE FROM story_category
WHERE category_id NOT IN (
SELECT DISTINCT category.id
FROM category);
您可以将所需的行ID插入到临时表中，然后删除该表中找到的所有行。
这可能就是@Cheekysoft分两步做的意思。
这个查询怎么样？希望有帮助
DELETE FROM story_category LEFT JOIN (SELECT category.id FROM category) cat ON story_category.id = cat.id WHERE cat.id IS NULL
如果从前门进来时有些东西不起作用，那么从后门走：
drop table if exists apples;
create table if not exists apples(variety char(10) primary key, price int);
insert into apples values('fuji', 5), ('gala', 6);
drop table if exists apples_new;
create table if not exists apples_new like apples;
insert into apples_new select * from apples;
update apples_new
set price = (select price from apples where variety = 'gala')
where variety = 'fuji';
rename table apples to apples_orig;
rename table apples_new to apples;
drop table apples_orig;
速度很快。数据越大越好。
对于OP试图实现的特定查询，理想且最有效的方法是根本不使用子查询。
以下是OP的两个查询的LEFT JOIN版本：
SELECT s.*
FROM story_category s
LEFT JOIN category c
ON c.id=s.category_id
WHERE c.id IS NULL;
注意：DELETE s将删除操作限制在story_category表中。文档
DELETE s
FROM story_category s
LEFT JOIN category c
ON c.id=s.category_id
WHERE c.id IS NULL;
