Whats going on here? I would expect the following delete to delete everything from the table. Is there a fundamental mis-understanding of how sqlite3 behaves on my part? sqlite .schema CREATE TABLE ip_domain_table (ip_domain TEXT, answer TEXT, ttl INTEGER, PRIMARY KEY(ip_domain, answer, ttl)); sqlite select count(*) from ip_domain_table where ttl < 9999999999 ; 1605343 sqlite pragma cache_size=100000; delete from ip_domain_table where ttl < 9999999999; sqlite select count(*) from ip_domain_table where ttl < 9999999999 ; 258 Q: Why does the count show "258"? Shouldn't it be 0 instead? If I do this instead, it deletes all the entries as expected. sqlite select count(*) from ip_domain_table; 1605343 sqlite pragma cache_size=100000; delete from ip_domain_table; sqlite select count(*) from ip_domain_table; 0