Write a SQL query to delete all duplicate email entries in a table named Person, keeping only unique emails based on its smallest Id.
This one is little tricky problem. I tried to use subquery approach to solve this problem.
+----+------------------+
| Id | Email | +----+------------------+ | 1 | john@example.com | | 2 | bob@example.com | | 3 | john@example.com | +----+------------------+ Id is the primary key column for this table.
For example, after running your query, the above Person
table should have the following rows:
+----+------------------+ | Id | Email | +----+------------------+ | 1 | john@example.com | | 2 | bob@example.com | +----+------------------+
Note:
Your output is the whole Person
table after executing your sql. Use delete
statement.
Solution:
DELETE FROM Person | |
WHERE Id NOT IN (SELECT p.id | |
FROM ( | |
SELECT MIN(Id) as id | |
FROM Person | |
GROUP BY Email) as p); |
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