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I have a table with duplicated entries. How could i return the single rows of each record so i can get rid of the duplicates. Or how do i remove duplicate entry rows ?
Feb 20 '09 #1
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gpl
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It all depends what you mean by duplicate
If you mean that there are several - but not all - columns that hold duplicate values, then you can use the non duplicate columns to uniquely identify the rows that you want to delete
However - if you have 2 or more rows with exactly the same content, then there is no way to distinguish between them, your only solution there is to store the values, delete all the rows with those values and then reinsert the row.
Feb 20 '09 #2
ck9663
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Or you can use DISTINCT keyword on your select.

Here's the complete syntax.


-- CK
Feb 20 '09 #3

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