Question

Is there a SQL command in SQLite (for C#.NET) which performs the equivalent of this?

DELETE * FROM * WHERE id='idnumber'

Answer 1

No, there’s not.

One way is to write a little script to query metadata tables to create another script with a series of individual delete statements, one per table.

An example could be (assuming every table had an ID column):

select 'delete from ' || name || ' where ID = 42'
from sqlite_master
where type = 'table'

This would generate a delete statement for each table which you could then capture and run as a script.

But it’s generally a good idea for database developers to know the names of their tables 🙂