how will you find out the last three records in a table
with n no of records and delete them
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Answer / aswin
This query cost the performance :
delete from emp where empno in (select empno from (select
empno from emp order by rowid desc) where rownum <= 3)
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Answer / ajit
delete from emp
where empno in
(select empno
from emp
minus
select empno
from emp
where rownum <= ( select count(*) - 3
from emp
))
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Answer / sudipta santra
delete from
(select * from tab1
minus
select * from tab1 where rownum<n-2 order by rowid)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 0 Yes | 3 No |
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