Re: Duplicate rows.

Hi ,
try this query

delete from z where rowid in (select rowid from z a where a.rowid > (select min(rowid) from z b where a.x = b.x));

rukmini
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> hi lists
>
> can anybody tell me how to delete duplicate rows in the table.
>
> my table has 10 rows (5 sets of each 2 records) all are identical.
>
> how to delete 1 full set. I need the rows value should be distinct.
>
> I tried
>
> create table xyz as select distinct.... and finished the task.
>
> but this is a lengthy process.
>
> any short way?
>
> srinivas
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