Question

I want to delete for example the first 3 (oldest) that have the color1 as blue.

Example data set:

_id  |  name  |  surname  |  color1  |  color2    
  1  |  mark  |  jacobs   |  blue    |  green    
  2  |  tony  |  hilo     |  black   |  red    
  13 |  lisa  |  xyz      |  blue    |  green    
  4  |  andre |  qwerty   |  blue    |  green    
  9  |  laura |  abc      |  black   |  red    
  14 |  kerr  |  jacobs   |  blue    |  green

I want to use execsql rather than db.delete..
which method is preferable ?
and what my code should be like ?

I will be using this inside eclipse in an android app.

Answer 1

DELETE FROM table WHERE _id IN 
  (SELECT _id FROM table ORDER BY _id ASC LIMIT 3);