Comments on: SQL http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-10/ Sat, 25 May 2013 13:28:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: maxxx13 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-10/#comment-55756 maxxx13 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:21:21 +0000 #comment-55756 I ran into this issue recently and solved it using a select distinct statement against all the columns to make a new table with unique rows as a materialized query. In my case I was then able to confirm the contents of the new table, delete the original and rename the new table. It would be more complicated if there are dependencies on the table, though.

SELECT DISTINCT (column1, column 2, column 3, column 4,…, column n)
FROM Table

I’d also recommend adding a primary key.

]]> By: mrdenny http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/sql-10/#comment-55708 mrdenny Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:23:11 +0000 #comment-55708 Check out my SQL Server blog “SQL Server with Mr Denny” for more SQL Server information.

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