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wastedmaky
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I have a query which selects 4 equal records, i want to keep the 1st record and delete the rest. Can anyone help me on how the query should go?
Thanks for your help..
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
It would help if you clarify "4 equal records". What if more or less than 4 meet the selection criteria?
You could declare a cursor, fetch the rows that meet the selection criteria, and delete the rows fetched after the first one.
If you post some example rows, it may help us understand your requirement. You example should include rows that would be selected and rows that would not. |
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priyesh.agrawal
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| I have a query which selects 4 equal records |
Is your query designed to select only 4 records, neither less nor more.
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| i want to keep the 1st record and delete the rest. |
Delete from where, from the query results or from the table  |
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stodolas
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| If the rows are identical all the way through, a DELETE FROM Table WHERE is going to delete all 4 rows. He needs to save one off in memory, delete all of them and then put one back in. |
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agkshirsagar
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md nisar
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| please check the ROWID of that 4 records ...then delete records based on the rowid. |
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