Do an:
alter ignore table add unique ( firstcol, nextcol, ... lastcol )
This will create a unique index on all fields, and delete the
duplicates.
You might want to leave this index there to avoid this problem in the
future.
Vigile wrote:
>
> > You're right. Is there anyway around this hassle of having to do all the
> > different IDs? Something like:
> >
> > DELETE FROM Page wheres articleid=articleid and pageid=pageid limit 1
> >
> > Would that work?
> >
> > Ryan Shrout
> > Production Manager
> > Athlonmb.com
> > http://www.athlonmb.com
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> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Vigile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 1:57 AM
> > Subject: Re: Duplicate of Everything in Table
> >
> >
> > > On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Vigile wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have a table, that DOES NOT have a primary key, but is setup like
> > this:
> > > >
> > > > Field Type Attributes Null Default Extra Action
> > > > PageID int(11) No 0 Change Drop Primary Index Unique
> > > > ArticleID int(11) No 0 Change Drop Primary Index Unique
> > > > PageTitle text No Change Drop Primary Index Unique
> > > > Text text No Change Drop Primary Index Unique
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > However, for some reason (I think I know why, but its not important) I
> > have two of every entry. Such as this:
> > > >
> > > > 1 69 words words
> > > > 2 69 words words more
> > > > 3 69 words words most
> > > > 1 69 words words
> > > > 2 69 words words more
> > > > 3 69 words words most
> > > >
> > > > So, when I am calling info from this database, I get doubles of each
> > result. How can I delete just one of each entry, so I am left with just:
> > > >
> > > > 1 69 words words
> > > > 2 69 words words more
> > > > 3 69 words words most
> > > >
> > > > I can't do the delete that I was thinking about:
> > > >
> > > > Delete FROM Pages Where Pageid=1 and articleid=69 because that would
> > delete BOTH of them. Doh! Any help?
> > >
> > > How about:
> > > delete from tablename where id=1 limit 1;
> > >
> > > But you'd have to do it for id=1,2,3... Not so good.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > thalis
> >
>
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