Delete duplicate rows from a table without primary key by
using a single query
Table Employee
empname salary
A 200
B 300
A 200
C 400
D 500
D 500
Output should be
A 200
B 300
C 400
D 500
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Answer Posted / sunil
set rowcount 1 -- set row count 1
delete a from Employee a
where (select count(*) from Employee e where e.empname =
a.empname) > 1
while @@rowcount > 0
begin
delete a from Employee a
where (select count(*) from Employee e where e.empname =
a.empname) > 1
end
set rowcount 0
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