Write a SQL query to delete all duplicate email entries in a table named Person
, keeping only unique emails based on its smallest Id.
+----+------------------+
| Id | Email |
+----+------------------+
| 1 | john@example.com |
| 2 | bob@example.com |
| 3 | john@example.com |
+----+------------------+
Id is the primary key column for this table.
For example, after running your query, the above Person
table should have the following rows:
+----+------------------+
| Id | Email |
+----+------------------+
| 1 | john@example.com |
| 2 | bob@example.com |
+----+------------------+
Note:
Your output is the whole Person
table after executing your sql. Use delete
statement.
Code
DELETE p2 FROM Person AS p1, Person As p2 WHERE p1.Email = p2.Email AND p1.Id < p2.Id