Re: [GENERAL] Delete Duplicates with Using

Andreas,

other solution, using the CTID-column: (rows with (1,1,1) and (5,5,5) are identical)

test=*# select * from dubletten ;
 c1 | c2 | c3
----+----+----
  1 |  1 |  1
  1 |  1 |  1
  1 |  2 |  3
  2 |  3 |  4
  3 |  4 |  5
  4 |  5 |  5
  5 |  5 |  5
  5 |  5 |  5
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test=*# with keep as (select max(ctid) as ctid from dubletten group by c1,c2,c3) delete from dubletten where ctid not in (select ctid from keep);;
DELETE 2
test=*# select * from dubletten ;
 c1 | c2 | c3
----+----+----
  1 |  1 |  1
  1 |  2 |  3
  2 |  3 |  4
  3 |  4 |  5
  4 |  5 |  5
  5 |  5 |  5
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test=*#

Regards, Andreas

I like this solution, but would using a subquery be much slower than the implicit join of `using`?  My tables are not big in Postgres-standards, so it's probably not an issue, but I'm trying to learn as much as I can about Postgres now that I'm getting ready to move it to production.

Thanks,