Golang - MySQL Delete Example

In this source code example, we show how to delete data from the MySQL database table in Golang with an example.

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Required package

To connect to MySQL we need a driver. Here is the driver that we are going to use.

To install it into GOPATH we simply run this command:

G:\GoLang\examples>go get -u github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql

Database Set up

Let's use below SQL statement to create a database in the MySQL server:

create database demo
 

After creating the database, use the below SQL script to create a students table in the database:

CREATE TABLE `students` (
  `id` bigint NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `email` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  `first_name` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  `last_name` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) 

Insert Data

Let's use the below example to insert data into students table and then we will be able to delete data from a database.

Golang - MySQL Insert Example

Golang - MySQL Delete Example

In this example, we will delete the first record in students table.

Let's create a file named "go_example.go" and add the following content to it:

package main
 
import (
    "database/sql"
    "fmt"
    _ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
)
 
type Student struct {
    Id         int
    Email       string
    First_Name string
	Last_Name string
}
 
func main() {
	db, e := sql.Open("mysql", "root:root@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/demo")
    ErrorCheck(e)
 
    // close database after all work is done
    defer db.Close()
 
    PingDB(db)
 
    // delete data
    stmt, e := db.Prepare("delete from students where id=?")
    ErrorCheck(e)
 
    // delete 1st student
    res, e := stmt.Exec("1")
    ErrorCheck(e)
 
    // affected rows
    a, e := res.RowsAffected()
    ErrorCheck(e)
 
    fmt.Println(a) // 1
}
 
func ErrorCheck(err error) {
    if err != nil {
        panic(err.Error())
    }
}
 
func PingDB(db *sql.DB) {
    err := db.Ping()
    ErrorCheck(err)
}

Output:

G:\GoLang\examples>go run go_example.go
1

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