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

Please see the below way of deletion too.

Declare @table table
(col1 varchar(10),col2 int,col3 int, col4 int, col5 int, col6 int, col7 int)
Insert into @table values 
('john',1,1,1,1,1,1),
('john',1,1,1,1,1,1),
('sally',2,2,2,2,2,2),
('sally',2,2,2,2,2,2)

Created a sample table named @table and loaded it with given data.

Delete  aliasName from (
Select  *,
        ROW_NUMBER() over (Partition by col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7 order by col1) as rowNumber
From    @table) aliasName 
Where   rowNumber > 1

Select * from @table

Note: If you are giving all columns in the Partition by part, then order by do not have much significance.

I know, the question is asked three years ago, and my answer is another version of what Tim has posted, But posting just incase it is helpful for anyone.