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 / sumathy
Execute the following query for each duplicate value.
1.Delete duplicate of empname='A'
delete top(select count(*)-1 from employee where
empname='A') from employee where empname='A'
2.Delete duplicate of empname='D'
delete top(select count(*)-1 from employee where
empname='D') from employee where empname='D'
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