Delete - I can't specify target table?
Why this query doesn't work? DELETE FROM recent_edits WHERE trackid NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT history.trackid FROM history JOIN recent_edits ON history.trackid=recent_edits.trackid GROUP BY recent_edits.trackid) I get this message : "You can't specify target table "recent_edits" for update in FROM clause Try in this way DELETE FROM recent_edits WHERE trackid NOT IN (select * from (SELECT DISTINCT history.trackid FROM history JOIN recent_edits ON history.trackid=recent_edits.trackid GROUP BY recent_edits.trackid) as t); You can't post-process a table which is locked for deletion. using the hack