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Re: Duplicate records

From: Tomm Carr <tommcatt_at_geocities.com>
Date: 1997/08/15
Message-ID: <33F47F00.6F1E@geocities.com>#1/1

Sushama Belkhode wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me how to weed out duplicate records from a large(> 1
> million records) table quickly and efficiently?

Probably not the quickest or most efficient but you can always change the name of the table and create it again from a SELECT DISTINCT * FROM renamed_table. Then (the ultimate solution) alter the table and/or your apps so duplicate records are not entered in the first place.

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Tomm Carr
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Received on Fri Aug 15 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT

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