Merge pull request #13362 from CarlRabeler/3838

optional FROM clause

Author: PRMerger18

docs/t-sql/statements/delete-transact-sql.md

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: "DELETE (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs"
 ms.custom: ""
-ms.date: "05/10/2017"
+ms.date: "12/30/2019"
 ms.prod: sql
-ms.prod_service: "database-engine, sql-database, sql-data-warehouse, pdw"
 ms.reviewer: ""
 ms.technology: t-sql
 ms.topic: "language-reference"
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ ms.author: carlrab
 monikerRange: ">=aps-pdw-2016||=azuresqldb-current||=azure-sqldw-latest||>=sql-server-2016||=sqlallproducts-allversions||>=sql-server-linux-2017||=azuresqldb-mi-current"
 ---
 # DELETE (Transact-SQL)
+
 [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]
 
   Removes one or more rows from a table or view in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].  
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ DELETE
 ```  
 -- Syntax for Azure SQL Data Warehouse and Parallel Data Warehouse  
   
-DELETE FROM [database_name . [ schema ] . | schema. ] table_name    
+DELETE 
+    [ FROM [database_name . [ schema ] . | schema. ] table_name ]   
     [ WHERE <search_condition> ]   
     [ OPTION ( <query_options> [ ,...n ]  ) ]  
 [; ]  
@@ -464,6 +465,16 @@ WHERE ProductKey IN (
     WHERE T2.EnglishProductSubcategoryName = 'Road Bikes' )  
 OPTION ( LABEL = N'CustomJoin', HASH JOIN ) ;  
 ```  
+
+### O. Delete using a WHERE clause
+
+This query shows how to delete using a WHERE clause and not using a FROM clause.
+
+```sql
+DELETE tableA WHERE EXISTS (
+SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM tableB tb WHERE tb.col1 = tableA.col1
+)
+```
   
 ## See Also  
  [CREATE TRIGGER &#40;Transact-SQL&#41;](../../t-sql/statements/create-trigger-transact-sql.md)