diff --git a/system/database/DB_active_rec.php b/system/database/DB_active_rec.php
index dfa0a3e..d48d1c5 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_active_rec.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_active_rec.php
@@ -925,11 +925,13 @@
 	 * Compiles a delete string and runs the query
 	 *
 	 * @access	public
-	 * @param	string	the table to retrieve the results from
+	 * @param	mixed	the table(s) to delete from. String or array
 	 * @param	mixed	the where clause
+	 * @param	mixed	the limit clause
+	 * @param	boolean
 	 * @return	object
 	 */
-	function delete($table = '', $where = '', $limit = NULL)
+	function delete($table = '', $where = '', $limit = NULL, $reset_data = TRUE)
 	{
 		if ($table == '')
 		{
@@ -945,6 +947,16 @@
 			$table = $this->ar_from[0];
 		}
 
+		if (is_array($table))
+		{
+			foreach($table as $single_table)
+			{
+				$this->delete($this->dbprefix.$single_table, $where, $limit, FALSE);
+			}
+			$this->_reset_write();
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if ($where != '')
 		{
 			$this->where($where);
@@ -963,10 +975,13 @@
 			}
 			return FALSE;
 		}		
-	
+
 		$sql = $this->_delete($this->dbprefix.$table, $this->ar_where, $this->ar_limit);
 
-		$this->_reset_write();
+		if ($reset_data)
+		{
+			$this->_reset_write();
+		}
 		return $this->query($sql);
 	}
 
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 033824b..3fbac47 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     <li>Added 'random' as an <kbd>order_by()</kbd> option in <a href="./database/active_record.html">Active Record</a>.</li>
     <li>Added <kbd>where_in()</kbd>, <kbd>where_in_or()</kbd>, <kbd>where_not_in()</kbd>, and <kbd>where_not_in_or()</kbd> to <a href="./database/active_record.html">Active Record</a>.</li>
     <li>Added support for <kbd>limit()</kbd> into <kbd>update()</kbd> and <kbd>delete()</kbd> statements in  <a href="./database/active_record.html">Active Record</a>.</li>
+    <li>Added the ability to pass an array of tables to the <kbd>delete()</kbd> statement in <a href="./database/active_record.html">Active Record</a>.</li>
     <li>Added titles to all user manual pages.</li>
     <li>Added a check for NULL fields in the MySQL database backup utility.</li>
     <li>Documented the <kbd>timezones()</kbd> function in the <a href="./helpers/date_helper.html">Date Helper</a>.</li>
diff --git a/user_guide/database/active_record.html b/user_guide/database/active_record.html
index d938b5d..e7c823f 100644
--- a/user_guide/database/active_record.html
+++ b/user_guide/database/active_record.html
@@ -623,14 +623,16 @@
 <p>The first parameter is the table name, the second is the where clause. You can also use the <dfn>where()</dfn> or <dfn>or_where()</dfn> functions instead of passing
 the data to the second parameter of the function:</p>
 
-<code>
-$this->db->where('id', $id);<br />
-$this->db->delete('mytable');
-<br /><br />
-// Produces:<br />
-// DELETE FROM mytable <br />
-// WHERE id = $id</code>
-
+<p><code> $this->db->where('id', $id);<br />
+    $this->db->delete('mytable'); <br />
+    <br />
+    // Produces:<br />
+    // DELETE FROM mytable <br />
+    // WHERE id = $id</code></p>
+<p>An array of table names can be passed into delete() if you would like to delete data from more then 1 table.</p>
+<p><code>$tables = array('table1', 'table2', 'table3');<br />
+$this-&gt;db-&gt;where('id', '5');<br />
+$this-&gt;db-&gt;delete($tables);</code></p>
 <p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> All values are escaped automatically producing safer queries.</p>