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 / shankaranarayanan v
while exists(select count(*) from employee group by empname having count(*)>1)
begin
delete top(1) from employee where empname in
(
select min(empname) as deletedname
from employee
group by empname
having count(*)>1
)
end
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