Write a query to delete duplicate records in SQL SERVER
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Answer / saurabh dixit
DECLARE @people TABLE
(
name VARCHAR(32),
age INT
)
insert into @people
select Name,age From People group by Name,Age having COUNT(name)>1
delete People from People pe
join @people p on pe.name=p.name and pe.age=p.age
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 0 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / prakash patel
delete from tbl_test where ID in
(select ID from tbl_test group by ID having count(ID) > 1)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 0 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / vaishali
set rowcount 1
delete from stud
where (select count(*) from stud a where stud.roll_no =
a.roll_no) > 1
while @@rowcount<>0
delete from stud
where (select count(*) from stud a where stud.roll_no =
a.roll_no) > 1
set rowcount 0
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 6 No |
Answer / shashank shrivastava
Table-admin
------------------
adminID adminName
1 admin
2 tester
3 admin
SQL:
---------------
DELETE admin.* FROM admin,
(SELECT count(adminName) as c, MAX(adminID) as m from
admin GROUP BY adminName HAVING c>1) as new_admin
WHERE admin.adminID=new_admin.m
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 5 No |
Answer / senthilsjc
This query delete duplicate records(but not delete both
duplicate)
set rowcount 1
delete yourtable
from yourtable a
where (select count(*) from yourtable b where b.name=a.name
and b.age=a.age)>1
while @@rowcount >0
delete yourtable
from yourtable a
where(select count(*) from yourtable b b.name=a.name and
b.age=a.age)>1
set rowcount 0
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 6 Yes | 12 No |
Answer / ashish kumar
select * from dbo.duplicatetest
set rowCount 1
delete from dbo.duplicatetest where iD=1;
set rowCount 0
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 10 No |
Answer / rajkamal
delete form emp
where (select distinct(ename)from emp)
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 11 No |
Delete From Tablename where(ID Not in (Select max(ID) from
Tablename Group by name))
Tablename :Friend
ID Name Age city
101 vinod 22 Gwalior
102 Pritesh 23 Gwalior
102 Pritesh 23 Gwalior
103 Arvind 24 Gwalior
Here Id-102 is repeated so friend if u want to delete this
duplicate raw Try Above code in Sql-sever
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 4 Yes | 13 No |
Answer / anuj
You have Two option You can use keyword Distinct or Group By Both will help you to delete dublicate records
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 11 No |
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