Delete duplicates for multiple columns in JOIN on same table - mysql

Question

I am trying to make a delete from joined same table like this:
DELETE FROM `sp10_seo_url` AS sp1 JOIN
(
SELECT seo_url_pk, COUNT(*) AS maxc
FROM `sp10_seo_url`
GROUP BY seo_url_entity_type, seo_url_entity_id, seo_url_language_fk
HAVING maxc > 1
) AS sp2
ON sp1.seo_url_pk = sp2.seo_url_pk
However I am getting a mysql error
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'AS sp1 JOIN ( SELECT seo_url_pk, COUNT(*) AS maxc FROM `sp10_s' at line 1
And I am not sure at all where the error is. The inner query runs just fine and returns the expected set of results. The "ON" keys are properly named (same since we are talking about the same table).
I guess the idea of the query is pretty clear (clean the table of different rows have the same set of values for the three "group by" columns. Is there another way to do this?
Thanks!

Answer 1

you can "cheat" mysql with a double indirection (as explained here Deleting a row based on the max value):
delete from `sp10_seo_url`
where seo_url_pk in (
select seo_url_pk from (
SELECT seo_url_pk
FROM `sp10_seo_url` sp1,
(
SELECT seo_url_entity_type, seo_url_entity_id, seo_url_language_fk
FROM `sp10_seo_url`
GROUP BY seo_url_entity_type, seo_url_entity_id, seo_url_language_fk
HAVING count(*) > 1
) sp2
where sp1.seo_url_entity_type = sp2.seo_url_entity_type
and sp1.seo_url_entity_id = sp2.seo_url_entity_id
and sp1.seo_url_language_fk = sp2.seo_url_language_fk
) t
);
http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/899ff5/1