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 TBL1  WHERE ID  IN
(SELECT ID FROM TBL1  a WHERE ID!=
(select MAX(ID) from TBL1  where DUPVAL=a.DUPVAL 
group by DUPVAL
having count(DUPVAL)>1))