write a query to delete similar records in different tables
with same structure
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Answer / vinoth kumar
DELETE FROM table1 WHERE
(col1,col2,..) IN (SELECT col1,col2,.. FROM table2 where
condition)
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Answer / radha sri seshu.kolla
while creating table and giving foreign key constraint give
the key word 'on delete cascade'.automatically when the
record in the master table is delated the relaeted record
in the detail table will also be deleted.
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Answer / umadevi
example
delete from emp where deptno in (select deptno from dept
where emp.deptno=dept.deptno);
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Answer / senthil
This done by Co-related sub-query:- based upon ROWID
uniqness this deletes the duplicate rows.
Delete from emp x where ROWID != (Select MIN(ROWID) from
emp y where y.empno = x.empno);
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 4 No |
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