SQL Challenges-1: Remove Duplicate Emails

SQL Challenges-1: Exercise-7 with Solution

From the following table, write a SQL query to remove all the duplicate emails of employees keeping the unique email with the lowest employee id. Return employee id and unique emails.

Input:

Table: employees

Structure:

Data:

Sample Solution:

SQL Code(MySQL):

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS employees(employee_id int, employee_name varchar(255), email_id varchar(255));
TRUNCATE TABLE employees;
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id,employee_name, email_id) VALUES ('101','Liam Alton', '[email protected]');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id,employee_name, email_id) VALUES ('102','Josh Day', '[email protected]');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id,employee_name, email_id) VALUES ('103','Sean Mann', '[email protected]');	
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id,employee_name, email_id) VALUES ('104','Evan Blake', '[email protected]');
INSERT INTO employees (employee_id,employee_name, email_id) VALUES ('105','Toby Scott', '[email protected]');
SELECT * FROM employees;

DELETE e1 FROM employees e1,  employees e2
WHERE
    e1.email_id = e2.email_id AND e1.employee_id > e2.employee_id;
SELECT * FROM employees;

Sample Output:

employee_id|employee_name|email_id     |
-----------|-------------|-------------|
        101|Liam Alton   |[email protected]|
        102|Josh Day     |[email protected]|
        103|Sean Mann    |[email protected]|
        104|Evan Blake   |[email protected]|

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