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5waystodeleteduplicaterecordsOracle
PostedonJanuary29,2013

InOracletherearemanywaystodeleteduplicaterecords.Notethatbelowexamplearedescribedtojustexplain
thedifferentpossibilities.
ConsidertheEMPtablewithbelowrows
createtableemp(
EMPNNOinteger,
EMPNAMEvarchar2(20),
SALARYnumber)
10Bill2000
11Bill2000
12Mark3000
12Mark3000
12Mark3000
13Tom4000
14Tom5000
15Susan5000
1.Usingrowid
SQL>deletefromemp
whererowidnotin
(selectmax(rowid)fromempgroupbyempno)
Thistechniquecanbeappliedtoalmostscenarios.Groupbyoperationshouldbeonthecolumnswhichidentify
theduplicates.
2.Usingselfjoin
SQL>deletefromempe1
whererowidnotin
(selectmax(rowid)fromempe2
wheree1.empno=e2.empno)

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(
selectridfrom
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selectrowidrid,
row_number()over(partitionbyempnoorderbyempno)rn
fromemp
)
wherern>1
)
Thisisanotherefficientwaytodeleteduplicates
4.Usingdense_rank()
SQL>deletefromempwhererowidin
(
selectridfrom
(
selectrowidrid,
dense_rank()over(partitionbyempnoorderbyrowid)rn
fromemp
)
wherern>1
)
Hereyoucanusebothrank()anddens_rank()sincebothwillgiveuniquerecordswhenorderbyrowid.
5.Usinggroupby
ConsidertheEMPtablewithbelowrows
10Bill2000
11Bill2000
12Mark3000
13Mark3000
SQL>deletefromempwhere
(empno,empname,salary)in
(
selectmax(empno),empname,salaryfromemp
groupbyempname,salary
)
Thistechniqueisonlyapplicableinfewscenarios.
Alwaystakeextracautionwhiledeletingrecords.
1.Firstidentifytheduplicatesusingselect.

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2.Doubleverifythoseareactualduplicatesornot
3.Takebackupifnecessary
4.Applycommitonlyifyouaresure.
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mcorreasays:
April22,2013at1:57am

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June15,2013at3:03am

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September16,2014at6:25am

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December7,2014at8:37am

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srikanthsays:
December24,2014at7:44am

deletefromxyzwhererowidnotin(
selectmax(rowid)fromxyzgroupbyempno)
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srikanthsays:
December24,2014at7:46am

isitcorrectwaytoeliminateduplicates.,,Itriedforeliminationofcompleterowduplicateinatable
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January22,2015at1:20am

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February20,2015at8:04am

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Kishansays:
March11,2015at11:08am

Whycantweuserownuminplaceofrowidintheveryfirstsolution.
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April21,2015at2:59am

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May16,2015at12:46am

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May20,2015at4:17am

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Muraliisays:
May21,2015at4:28am

Canuplzexplaintheselfjoinmethodofremovingduplicaterowsfromatable.
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May21,2015at4:30am

Canuexplainselfjoinmethodofremovingduplicatevalues
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May22,2015at6:09am

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pawansays:
July3,2015at10:40pm

whenideleteusingrowiditwasnotworking.
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October27,2015at11:45am

DeletefromemployeeawhereROWID>
(selectmin(ROWID)fromemployeebwherea,eid=b,eid)
Ithinkitisthemosteasywaytodeletethenewerrecordsfromtable.
#stayhappykeepcoding
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