how to delete all duplicate records from a table using
subquery?
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delete from emp e1 where rowid >(select min(rowid) from emp
e2 where e1.empid=e2.empid)
Is This Answer Correct ? | 12 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / maninder
delete from abc where rowid not in (select max(rowid) from
abc group by column_name_with_dup.values.);
Is This Answer Correct ? | 10 Yes | 6 No |
Answer / noor
DELETE FROM T1
WHERE ROWID IN (SELECT ROWID FROM T1
WHERE ROWID NOT IN(SELECT MAX(ROWID) FROM
T1 GROUP BY C1,C2));
Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 2 No |
Answer / edara satish
delete from
<<table_name>>
where rowid in
(select a.rowid
from <<table_name a,table_name b>>
where a.colname = b.colname
b.colname2 = b.colname2
......
...
a.colnamen = colnamen
order by .... desired colnames)
Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / lingareddy
by using below sub query delete duplicate all records:
DELETE FROM dept WHERE salary IN (
SELECT salary FROM dept GROUP BY salary HAVING ( COUNT(salary) > 1 ))
here is dept is the table name
salary is the column name
for any doubts about SQL contact with me
Thanks & Regards
Lingareddy.S
Is This Answer Correct ? | 0 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / aseem k
Tried and tested:
Table d:
7
8
7
DELETE FROM D WHERE ROWID IN (
SELECT DISTINCT MIN(ROWID) FROM D
WHERE DEPTNO IN
(SELECT DEPTNO FROM D GROUP BY DEPTNO
HAVING COUNT(DEPTNO)>1))
Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 5 No |
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