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Delete using a CTE [message #630914]

Tue, 06 January 2015 04:51

system243trd
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Is it possible to delete rows using a CTE e.g.

with CTE
( select ...
...
)

Delete r from rows

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Re: Delete using a CTE [message #630915 is a reply to message #630914]

Tue, 06 January 2015 04:59

Michel Cadot
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CTE? What is CTE?

You can delete through an inline view, if this the question like:

SQL> delete (select e.rowid from emp e where deptno=(select deptno from dept where dname='ACCOUNTING'));

3 rows deleted.

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Re: Delete using a CTE [message #630920 is a reply to message #630915]

Tue, 06 January 2015 05:45

system243trd
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A CTE is a common table expression.

Is it possible to do the following:

with cte (
select ..
...
..
)
delete (select rowid from table1)

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Re: Delete using a CTE [message #630921 is a reply to message #630914]

Tue, 06 January 2015 05:51

Lalit Kumar B
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system243trd wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 16:21

Is it possible to delete rows using a CTE

No. At least not the way you intend to do it. You could use the result set of the common table expression, but that would be unnecessary.

Why do you want to do it anyway?

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Re: Delete using a CTE [message #630922 is a reply to message #630920]

Tue, 06 January 2015 05:55

Lalit Kumar B
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system243trd wrote on Tue, 06 January 2015 17:15

Is it possible to do the following:

with cte (
select ..
...
..
)
delete (select rowid from table1)

No. You could do it as -

Delete from table where ....(<your CTE>)

But once again, why do you want to do it this way?

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Re: Delete using a CTE [message #630925 is a reply to message #630920]

Tue, 06 January 2015 06:00

Michel Cadot
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Quote:

A CTE is a common table expression.

Ah! this is a MS/SQL notion, Oracle calls it (subquery) factoring clause.

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Re: Delete using a CTE [message #630936 is a reply to message #630925]

Tue, 06 January 2015 07:21

Lalit Kumar B
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I am not sure, but after google search it seems like the delete statement goes along CTE(subquery factoring) in MS SQL Server. Which is not the case in Oracle, where only a SELECT goes along with the expression.

Ed : oops missed MS SQL Server

[Updated on: Tue, 06 January 2015 07:25]

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