A quick method is to create a new table: CREATE TABLE newtable SELECT DISTINCT * FROM oldtable;
note; manually verify newtable has your data. Then proceed: DROP TABLE oldtable; CREATE TABLE oldtable SELECT * FROM newtable; DROP TABLE newtable; -----Original Message----- From: Rich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 10:31 AM To: MySql Subject: Duplicate Records How does one go about removing one of two identical records in a MySQL database? My mistake in an earlier database was not applying a unique number to each record (1, 2, 3, ---). I know it's possible to use the DISTINCT operator to show only one of the identical records in a result, but that does not remove one of them from the database. One thought that I had would be to add a unique number to each record, and that could probably be done manually, one record at a time, but is there a way to automate the process so that unique numbers could be assigned with one command? TIA Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
