Re: Deleting Duplicates
Date: 23 Jul 92 14:16:11 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Jul23.091611.1_at_jaguar.uofs.edu>
In article <VN70NB1w165w_at_iowegia.uucp>, bob_at_iowegia.uucp (Bob Powers) writes:
> How can I delete duplicate rows in a table using SQL*PLUS. This is
> an unindexed table and I would like to keep it that way.
I'm relatively new at the job, but I suspect you could create a similar
table, do an INSERT SELECT UNIQUE from the old table to the new table,
delete all rows from the old table, copy all rows from the new table
to the old, and then drop the new one. Maybe there's a better way.
Good Luck.
--
Chris Little, Programmer/DBA
University Computing Systems
University of Scranton
LITTLEC1_at_JAGUAR.UOFS.EDU Scranton, PA 18510
Received on Thu Jul 23 1992 - 16:16:11 CEST