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RE: How do I check for partial duplicates?

From: Nicoll, Iain (Calanais) <iain.nicoll_at_calanais.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:21:05 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0036C3FF.20010815151531@fatcity.com>

Not the most elegant I'm sure but I'm tired and it's late here

again wth Kevin's

All disclaimers attached to a delete command sent out ............

DELETE FROM mem_info mi
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT ''

              FROM mem_info mi2
                          WHERE mi.mem_id = mi2.mem_id
                          AND   mi.mem_name = mi2.mem_name
                          AND   mi.mem_time < mi2.mem_time
                          AND   mi.ROWID    != mi2.ROWID)



-----Original Message-----
Sent: 15 August 2001 23:27
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

All disclaimers attached to a delete command sent out ............

Try this

delete from mem_info
where (mem_id, mem_name, mem_time) in (select mem_id, mem_name, min(mem_time) from mem_info group by mem_id, mem_name)

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 5:08 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Thanks!

Now I need to delete the records that have the earlier MEM_TIME. How would I do that?

Chris

Kevin Lange wrote:
>
> select mem_id, mem_name from mem_info group by mem_id, mem_name having
> count(*) > 1
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 3:48 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
> We have a table that may have partial duplicate rows. What select
> statement do I write to return the partial duplicates?
>
> table_name = MEM_INFO
>
> MEM_ID
> MEM_NAME
> MEM_TIME
> MEM_LAST
>
> I am concerned about two rows having the same MEM_ID and MEM_NAME.
> Having the same MEM_TIME and MEM_LAST is okay.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
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