delete query using CTE

From: Roger Bos <roger(dot)bos(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: delete query using CTE
Date: 2022-03-13 14:44:14
Message-ID: CAPV07m-_L6Ssi4YkiFVkej94fzOWwK2RbGCLS6SZum0WwW2PLw@mail.gmail.com
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Hello, trying to use CTE to remove duplicates from a table. The DELETE
version does not work, but the SELECT version does, so I am not
understanding what the problem is. Any suggestions on how to fix it?

Here is my query:

WITH cte AS
( SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY ticker, date ORDER BY ticker,
date) my_row_num FROM price_old)
DELETE FROM cte WHERE my_row_num > 1;

I get the following error:

ERROR: relation "cte" does not exist LINE 3: DELETE FROM cte WHERE
my_row_num > 1;

But when I run change the query to a select query it runs fine (in that it
returns all the duplicate rows). For example:

WITH cte AS
( SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER ( PARTITION BY ticker, date ORDER BY ticker,
date) my_row_num FROM price_old)
SELECT * FROM cte WHERE my_row_num > 1;

Sample output:

"US000000094541" "AAC" "2022-03-08 00:00:00-05" 9.75 9.76 9.75 9.75 100215
9.75 9.76 9.75 9.75 100215 0 1 2
"US000000094541" "AAC" "2022-03-09 00:00:00-05" 9.75 9.76 9.75 9.76 111334
9.75 9.76 9.75 9.76 111334 0 1 2
"US000000009823" "AAC" "2022-03-10 00:00:00-05" 9.75 9.76 9.74 9.74 170474
9.75 9.76 9.74 9.74 170474 0 1 2
"US000000090393" "ABCL" "2022-03-08 00:00:00-05" 8.19 8.545 7.81 8.22
1984348 8.19 8.545 7.81 8.22 1984348 0 1 2

Thanks,
Roger

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