I was looking for thw SQL to delete dupes from a table, and came across
this. All who saw it agreed in principle, but I can't quite figure out the
logic. If we are deleting all rows whose rowid is greater than the least of
the rowids returned from creating the subset of dupes, couldn't we
inadvertently delete some non-dupes rows that were created after the last
dupe ? I mean, any row created after the last dupe would have a greater
rowid, wouldn't it ?
Here's the SQL:
delete from table_1 a
where a.rowid >
(select min(b.rowid)
from table_1 b
where b.col_dup_value s = a.col_dup_value s)
By the way, should the delete ALL dupes, including the originals ? That is
all rows participating in duplicity, as it is, will be gone.
Thanks,
Scott 3 4257
"ScottH" <fa*********@ne wsgroupsonly.co m> wrote in message news:<pO******* *************@g iganews.com>... I was looking for thw SQL to delete dupes from a table, and came across this. All who saw it agreed in principle, but I can't quite figure out the logic. If we are deleting all rows whose rowid is greater than the least of the rowids returned from creating the subset of dupes, couldn't we inadvertently delete some non-dupes rows that were created after the last dupe ? I mean, any row created after the last dupe would have a greater rowid, wouldn't it ?
Here's the SQL:
delete from table_1 a where a.rowid > (select min(b.rowid) from table_1 b where b.col_dup_value s = a.col_dup_value s)
By the way, should the delete ALL dupes, including the originals ? That is all rows participating in duplicity, as it is, will be gone.
Thanks, Scott
No, you will delete rows which are identical, save for their rowids.
Rowids aren't stored, they are an internal attribute of a record.
So if you have 2 identical rows, only 1 will be deleted. A *random*
one of course, because rows are inserted randomly.
If you would limit the delete with an extra where clause to one
particular case, you should see easily that only one record is
deleted.
If more rows are deleted, the where clause in the subquery is
incorrect.
Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA
"ScottH" <fa*********@ne wsgroupsonly.co m> wrote in message news:<pO******* *************@g iganews.com>... I was looking for thw SQL to delete dupes from a table, and came across this. All who saw it agreed in principle, but I can't quite figure out the logic. If we are deleting all rows whose rowid is greater than the least of the rowids returned from creating the subset of dupes, couldn't we inadvertently delete some non-dupes rows that were created after the last dupe ? I mean, any row created after the last dupe would have a greater rowid, wouldn't it ?
Here's the SQL:
delete from table_1 a where a.rowid > (select min(b.rowid) from table_1 b where b.col_dup_value s = a.col_dup_value s)
The condition in the subselect (b.col_dup_valu es = a.col_dup_value s)
links the two instances (a and b) of table_1 in this SQL. The delete
statement, therefore, only affects table_1 with the condition:
(b.col_dup_valu es = a.col_dup_value s).
This won't delete all duplicated rows, as such, but any row that is a
duplicate of a row that already exists - leaving one row where there
were several duplicates. If you wanted to do that the SQL is much
simpler (at least, simpler to follow).
DELETE FROM table_1
WHERE col_dup_values = (SELECT col_dup_values
,COUNT(*)
FROM table_1
WHERE COUNT(*)>1
GROUP BY col_dup_values)
Russ Bagley wrote: "ScottH" <fa*********@ne wsgroupsonly.co m> wrote in message news:<pO******* *************@g iganews.com>...
I was looking for thw SQL to delete dupes from a table, and came across this. All who saw it agreed in principle, but I can't quite figure out the logic. If we are deleting all rows whose rowid is greater than the least of the rowids returned from creating the subset of dupes, couldn't we inadvertent ly delete some non-dupes rows that were created after the last dupe ? I mean, any row created after the last dupe would have a greater rowid, wouldn't it ?
Here's the SQL:
delete from table_1 a where a.rowid > (select min(b.rowid) from table_1 b where b.col_dup_value s = a.col_dup_value s)
The condition in the subselect (b.col_dup_valu es = a.col_dup_value s) links the two instances (a and b) of table_1 in this SQL. The delete statement, therefore, only affects table_1 with the condition: (b.col_dup_valu es = a.col_dup_value s).
This won't delete all duplicated rows, as such, but any row that is a duplicate of a row that already exists - leaving one row where there were several duplicates. If you wanted to do that the SQL is much simpler (at least, simpler to follow).
DELETE FROM table_1 WHERE col_dup_values = (SELECT col_dup_values ,COUNT(*) FROM table_1 WHERE COUNT(*)>1 GROUP BY col_dup_values)
Hmm. This isn't how I saw it.
Pretend data set
rowid col
1 1
2 2
3 1
4 4
5 1
6 6
Ok so the sub query said:
select min(b.rowid)
from table_1 b
where b.col_dup_value s = a.col_dup_value s
That would return 1, right? The min row where a.col = b.col.
So plug that into the original query:
delete from table_1 a
where a.rowid >
(select min(b.rowid)
from table_1 b
where b.col_dup_value s = a.col_dup_value s)
You get:
delete from table_1 a
where a.rowid > (1)
Or am I missing something?
--
Mike Nugent
Programmer/Author/DBA/Admin
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