That syntax didn't work for me:
SQL-query:
ALTER IGNORE Pages ADD UNIQUE ( PageID, ArticleID, PageTitle, Text )
MySQL said: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'Pages ADD UNIQUE (
PageID, ArticleID, PageTitle, Text )' at line 1
Ryan Shrout
Production Manager
Athlonmb.com
http://www.athlonmb.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vigile" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: Duplicate of Everything in Table
> 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
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- 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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