Problem with delete statement

Question

Hi there, I have created this code below.  The select statement works, however the delete statement does not work.
DECLARE
@CategoryASVARCHAR(255)
DECLARE
@NameASVARCHAR(255)
DECLARE
@Name1ASVARCHAR(255)
DECLARE
@ParentTypeAsint
SET
@Category='General
Building Data'
SET
@Name='Purchase
Date'
SET
@Name1='Purchase
Cost'
Set
@ParentType=20
Select
*fromtbAttributeValueA
Join
tbAttributeTemplateDefinitionLinkATDLONATDL.AttributeTemplateDefinitionLinkID=A.AttributeTemplateDefinitionLinkID
Join
tbAttributeTemplateDefinitionATDONATD.AttributeTemplateDefinitionID=ATDL.AttributeTemplateDefinitionID
JOIN
tbAttributeSetSONS.AttributeSetID=ATDL.LinkedParentID
Where
S.ParentType=@ParentType
AND
S.Name=@Category
AND
([email protected]=@Name1)
AND
A.Value=0
delete
fromtbAttributeValueA
Join
tbAttributeTemplateDefinitionLinkATDLONATDL.AttributeTemplateDefinitionLinkID=AttributeTemplateDefinitionLinkID
Join
tbAttributeTemplateDefinitionATDONATD.AttributeTemplateDefinitionID=ATDL.AttributeTemplateDefinitionID
JOIN
tbAttributeSetSONS.AttributeSetID=ATDL.LinkedParentID
Where
S.ParentType=@ParentType
AND
S.Name=@Category
AND
([email protected]=@Name1)
AND
A.Value=0
The delete statement fails on the first join.     Incorrect Syntax near 'A'.  What am I doing wrong?  As I have only changed the select * to delete.  So therefore does this mean I need to put the delete statement into a
sql sub query? Or is there another way of doing this?

Answer 1

Try this:
DELETE FROM tbAttributeValue
FROM tbAttributeTemplateDefinitionLink ATDL
JOIN tbAttributeValue t
ON ATDL.AttributeTemplateDefinitionLinkID = t. AttributeTemplateDefinitionLinkID
JOIN tbAttributeTemplateDefinition ATD
ON ATD.AttributeTemplateDefinitionID = ATDL.AttributeTemplateDefinitionID
JOIN tbAttributeSet S
ON S.AttributeSetID = ATDL.LinkedParentID
WHERE S.ParentType = @ParentType
AND S.NAME = @Category
AND ( ATD.NAME = @Name
OR ATD.NAME = @Name1 )
AND A.Value = 0