How to retrieve duplicate rows in a table?
How to delete the duplicate entries in a table?
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Answer / mon
DELETE FROM MyTable
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
SELECT MIN(RowId) as RowId, Col1, Col2, Col3
FROM MyTable
GROUP BY Col1, Col2, Col3
) as KeepRows ON
MyTable.RowId = KeepRows.RowId
WHERE
KeepRows.RowId IS NULL
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Answer / arun kumar k s
drop table #TEMP select distinct * into #TEMP from
TABLE_NAME delete from TABLE_NAME insert into TABLE_NAME
select * from #TEMP
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Answer / gaurav jain
begin
select distinct * into #one from four where id in (select
id from four group by id
having count(*)>1)
delete from four where id in (select id from four group by
id having count(*)>1)
insert into four select * from #one
end
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Answer / anoop rajan
Tbale emp had some duplicate entries and i wanted to retain
the first of all duplicates, the others could be deleted as
follows . Please give your comments if this is the most
optimum way :
delete from emp where rowid in
(select rowid from emp o where rowid !=
(select min(rowid) from emp i where i.empno=o.empno));
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Answer / pawan k. dubey
delete from employee
where Emp_id not in (select min(Emp_id) from employee
group by Emp_Name)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 12 No |
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