Oracle-L: RE: Delete query

From: kkennedy <kkennedy_at_firstpoint.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 09:32:46 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004927E5.20020709093246@fatcity.com>

Well, if you don't need to worry about duplicate created dates, this should work:

delete from tablex
where user_id=:b1
and created=(select min(created)

             from tablex
             where user_id=:b1);

Kevin Kennedy
First Point Energy Corporation

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Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:00 AM
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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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