Naw...Paul is a Major NYC DBA...he doesn't need *any* coddling whatsoever.
He can parse his way out of any wet paper bag...... -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 11:05 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Go easy Ross....I'm a Developer too... ;o) Be gentle with him..LOL K. -----Original Message----- Sent: 02 November 2001 15:30 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Well, that's certainly productive! hmmm.....so you're a DEVELOPER, eh? hehhehheh time for Plan B: make their life hell until they relent and give you some breathing room. As a Senior DBA, you are perfectly placed to do this! <EG> -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 9:55 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Unfortunately, no. I'm working on the application development side; the "real" DBAs are in another department and the usual turf-protection attitudes apply. --- "Mohan, Ross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > don't suppose you can properly > normalize the tables through > materialized views and update > the "pk" through that, eh? > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:56 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Given a business rule that says a combination of three columns must > be > unique if and only if a fourth column equals a certain value, and if > the table in question contains rows that violate this requirement, > I'm > trying to write a single SQL statement that will remove the > duplicates. > Of each set of duplicate rows, I'll delete the one with the latest > insert timestamp. > > Let's call the columns > > a b c d timestamp > > The combination of b, c, and d must be unique if a = 2. > > I can get the duplicate row values along with the latest timestamp > via > > select max(tstamp), a, b, c from > my_table group by a, b, c having count(*) > 1 > > But I can't figure out how to use that in a delete statement. > > Suggestions greatly appreciated! > > > Paul Baumgartel > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. > http://personals.yahoo.com > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Paul Baumgartel > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing > Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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