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Old February 24th, 2006, 09:03 AM
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Default complex query

i am having clomns say c1,c2,c3,c4
if two rows contains same values in c2 and c3. i need to delete one row.
i.e say if row1 contains c2 value A and c3 value is B
if there is other row which contains c2 Value A and c3 value B.
I need to remove one record.

please help me. I am sick of it.

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Old February 27th, 2006, 12:39 AM
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create an identity column on the table first, then run this code

DELETE FROM table1
WHERE identitycolumn NOT IN
( SELECT MIN(identitycolumn)
    FROm table1
    GROUP by a1,a2
)


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thanks for ur help.

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Old February 27th, 2006, 10:48 AM
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You are welcome






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