On 21/07/2008 16:33, A B wrote:
> I have a table with rows like this
> A 1
> A 1
> B 3
> B 3
> C 44
> C 44
> and so on.
>
> and I want it to be
> A 1
> B 3
> C 44
>
> so how can I remove the all the duplicate lines but one?
You could copy them into a new table, like so:
CREATE TABLE newtable AS
SELECT DISTINCT * FROM oldtable;
Ray.
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