Steve,
I've seen three replies all of which are mostly right. Their problem is
that if a user has one and only one row you'll get that one too which will leave
you with a table of only those who had multiple rows in the first place. Darn,
I hate that too. Try this instead:
delete from <table> a
where created = (select min(created)
from <table> b
where b.user_id = a.user_id)
and created != (select max(created)
from <table> c
where c.user_id = a.user_id);
Dick Goulet
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Author: "Steven Hovington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 7/9/2002 8:59 AM
Hi,
Can anyone help me with this delete statement?
I have the following table:
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- -------------
USER_ID NOT NULL NUMBER(15)
PASSWORD VARCHAR2(30)
CREATED DATE
What I need to do is delete the oldest record for a particular user_id.
And its doing my head in. Any help appreciated!
Thanks,
Steve.
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