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

DECLARE @TB TABLE(NAME VARCHAR(100));
INSERT INTO @TB VALUES ('Red'),('Red'),('Green'),('Blue'),('White'),('White')
--**Delete by Rank**
;WITH CTE AS(SELECT NAME,DENSE_RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY NAME ORDER BY NEWID()) ID FROM @TB)
DELETE FROM CTE WHERE ID>1
SELECT NAME FROM @TB;
--**Delete by Row Number** 
;WITH CTE AS(SELECT NAME,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY NAME ORDER BY NAME) ID FROM @TB)
DELETE FROM CTE WHERE ID>1;
SELECT NAME FROM @TB;