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Re: How to remove duplicate lines but save one of the lines?

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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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