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 / devender kumar
This query is for sql server 2005 and higher version of sql
server. It will not run on older versions.
with myCTE as(
select row_number() over( partition by empname order by
empname) as myCount from Employee
)delete from myCTE where myCount >3
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