196. delete duplicate emails

Write a SQL query to delete all duplicate email entries in a table named Person, keeping only unique emails based on its smallest Id.

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+----+------------------+
| Id | Email |
+----+------------------+
| 1 | [email protected] |
| 2 | [email protected] |
| 3 | [email protected] |
+----+------------------+
Id is the primary key column for this table.

For example, after running your query, the above Person table should have the following rows:

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+----+------------------+
| Id | Email |
+----+------------------+
| 1 | [email protected] |
| 2 | [email protected] |
+----+------------------+
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# Write your MySQL query statement below
delete p1 from Person p1, Person p2 where p1.Email = p2.Email and p1.Id > p2.Id