I have an html table with checkboxes. Users are permitted to delete rows from that html table except one specific one, whose value is hard coded in the DB.
If a user accidently checks it regardless, I want my server code (php) or even better the MySqL to run a delete query for all the rows they checked EXCEPT for that 1 specific row. So,something like this( which is wrong):
DELETE FROM table_name
WHERE row_id = some_value
EXCEPT row_id = some_value;
Many thanks !
DELETE FROM table_name WHERE row_id NOT IN (do_not_delete_this_value );
do_not_delete_this_value will be the id of the row you don't want to delete, rest all records will get deleted.
I think the logic you want is AND:
DELETE FROM table_name
WHERE row_id = some_value AND row_id <> some_value;
Of course, some_value should be different most of the time.