Exactly. If the idea of deleting the "higher" ROWID is to delete the "newest" row, that is not at all certain. But if the rows are identical duplicates, that shouldn't matter ;-) But supposing there are a *lot* of duplicates to remove (someone by mistake ran a big import job twice, for example), wouldn't always picking "higher" ROWID to delete be somewhat helpful in that there's a bigger chance of clearing space by "emptying" blocks? Regards Kim Berg Hansen http://dspsd.blogspot.com kibeha@xxxxxxxxx @kibeha On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Chitale, Hemant K <Hemant-K.Chitale@xxxxxx> wrote: > AAAocvACXAAAPFJAAb is the “higher” ROWID. But it might be holding the > “older” row. > > > > Hemant K Chitale > > > > > > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Zelli, Brian > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 05, 2014 11:07 PM > *To:* oracle-l (oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) > *Subject:* rowid value > > > > Another dba I’m covering for told me to delete a duplicate with the higher > rowid? > > Which one is the higher rowid? AAAocvACXAAAPFJAAa or AAAocvACXAAAPFJAAb? > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > > This email message may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or > agent responsible for the delivery of this message to the intended > recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > distribution, or use of this email message is prohibited. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by > e-mail and delete this email message from your computer. Thank you. > > This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete all copies > and notify the sender immediately. You may wish to refer to the > incorporation details of Standard Chartered PLC, Standard Chartered Bank > and their subsidiaries at https://www.sc.com/en/incorporation-details.html > . >