Delete many rows from a table using id in Mysql

mysql, sql, sql-delete

Solution

The best way is to use `IN` statement :

DELETE from tablename WHERE id IN (1,2,3,...,254);

You can also use `BETWEEN` if you have consecutive IDs :

DELETE from tablename WHERE id BETWEEN 1 AND 254;

You can of course limit for some IDs using other WHERE clause :

DELETE from tablename WHERE id BETWEEN 1 AND 254 AND id<>10;

Problem

I am a Linux admin with only basic knowledge in Mysql Queries I want to delete many table entries which are ip address from my table using id, currently i am using ``` DELETE from tablename where id=1; DELETE from tablename where id=2; ``` but i have to delete 254 entries,so this method is going to take hours,how can i tell mysql to delete rows that i specify,coz i want to skip deleting some entries out of this 254. Deleting whole table and importing needed entries is not an option.

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