Bruce Sorge wrote: > I have a lot of duplicate information in a table. I know how to query to > find the dupes, but I am having problems with deleting them (there are > thousands). I tried this:
create a clone of your table but make your "key" duplicated column as a unique key setting the index to "ignore duplicate keys". then do a SELECT/INSERT INSERT clonedTable... SELECT ... FROM tableWithDuplicates the db server will toss out all the duplicated rows leaving the first inserted one intact. btw this is for sql server. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268341 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
