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

You need to group by the duplicate records according to the field(s), then hold one of the records and delete the rest. For example:

DELETE prg.Person WHERE Id IN (
SELECT dublicateRow.Id FROM
(
select MIN(Id) MinId, NationalCode
 from  prg.Person group by NationalCode  having count(NationalCode ) > 1
 ) GroupSelect
 JOIN  prg.Person dublicateRow ON dublicateRow.NationalCode = GroupSelect.NationalCode 
 WHERE dublicateRow.Id <> GroupSelect.MinId)