How to delete duplicate rows in SQL Server?

Question

How can I delete duplicate rows where no unique row id exists?

My table is

col1  col2 col3 col4 col5 col6 col7
john  1          


        

Answer 1

DELETE from search
where id not in (
   select min(id) from search
   group by url
   having count(*)=1

   union

   SELECT min(id) FROM search
   group by url
   having count(*) > 1
)