From: Rudi Starcevic <rudi@oasis.net.au>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Delete duplicates
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 15:39:24 +1000
Message-ID: <3EF6928C.60705@oasis.net.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <00ac01c33946$8d1678e0$0a00000a@neo>
References: <20030622091522.M37248@oasis.net.au>
<2976.200.59.66.253.1056316636.squirrel@webmail.akyasociados.com.ar>
<00ac01c33946$8d1678e0$0a00000a@neo>
Hi,
Would this be OK or a little crude (untested) :
INSERT INTO new_table ( id, something )
SELECT
DISTINCT ON (id)
id,
something
FROM old_table
ORDER BY id
Or something similar but create a new table ?
Cheers
Rudi.
Denis Arh wrote:
>How to delete "real" duplicates?
>
>id | somthing
>-----------------------
>1 | aaa
>1 | aaa
>2 | bbb
>2 | bbb
>
>(an accident with backup recovery...)
>
>
>
>Regards,
>Denis Arh
>
>
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