196. Delete Duplicate Emails

Description

Write a SQL query to delete all duplicate email entries in a table named Person, keeping only unique emails based on its smallest Id.

+----+------------------+
| Id | Email |
+----+------------------+
| 1 | john@example.com |
| 2 | bob@example.com |
| 3 | john@example.com |
+----+------------------+
Id is the primary key column for this table.
For example, after running your query, the above Person table should have the following rows:

+----+------------------+
| Id | Email |
+----+------------------+
| 1 | john@example.com |
| 2 | bob@example.com |
+----+------------------+
Note:

Your output is the whole Person table after executing your sql. Use delete statement.

Answer

delete p1 from Person as p1 ,Person as p2
where p1.Email=p2.Email and p1.Id>p2.Id