mysql - Removing duplicate rows from a table

Question

id     lat                long     speed      date          address
 1    22.92138131   72.44103313     3.96 km/h     2011-09-26  National, Gujarat, India
 2    22.92138145   72.44103413     13.96 km/h     2011-09-26  National, Gujarat, India
 3    22.92138134   72.44103423     15.96 km/h     2011-09-26  National, Gujarat, India
 4    22.92138454   72.44103233     13.96 km/h     2011-09-26  10t ring Rd, Nehru Nagar
 5    22.92138354   72.44102533     13.96 km/h     2011-09-26  Anandnagar Rd, Ahmedabad
 6    22.92138484   72.44103293     19.96 km/h     2011-09-26  Anandnagar Rd, Ahmedabad

I want to write a query such that my result looks like this:

id     lat                long     speed      date          address
 1    22.92138131   72.44103313     3.96 km/h     2011-09-26  National, Gujarat, India
 4    22.92138454   72.44103233     13.96 km/h     2011-09-26  10t ring Rd, Nehru Nagar
 5    22.92138354   72.44102533     13.96 km/h     2011-09-26  Anandnagar Rd, Ahmedabad

I want to remove duplicate rows according to the address.

Answer 1

To check what you are going to delete:

SELECT distinct t1.*
  FROM yourtable as t1
  join yourtable as t2
 WHERE t1.address = t2.address
   and t1.id < t2.id

If you are happy with that:

DELETE t1
  FROM yourtable as t1
  join yourtable as t2
 WHERE t1.address = t2.address
   and t1.id < t2.id

This way you keep the record with the max value on id column