Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-20 Thread Shreyas Agasthya
I am very keen to see a closure to this thread so that I can add to my snippets. Let's all know what worked best out of many solutions that have been proposed. --Shreyas On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Jim Lucas wrote: > Peter wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I have a table which contain's some dup

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-19 Thread Jim Lucas
Peter wrote: Hi All, I have a table which contain's some duplicate rows. I just want to delete the duplicate records alone not original records. Assume my table as look as below column1 column2 1 a 1 a 2 b 3 c 3 c i want the above table need to be as below, After exe

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-19 Thread Shreyas Agasthya
Just to add more perspective : You will have a table with DISTINCT values. Drop the initial table (better take a back-up); copy from the temporary table which will have only DISTINCT values. Regards, Shreyas On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:58 PM, Shreyas Agasthya wrote: > How about this : > > CREATE

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-19 Thread Shreyas Agasthya
How about this : CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE bad_temp1 (id INT,name VARCHAR(20)); INSERT INTO bad_temp1 (id,name) SELECT DISTINCT id,name FROM SAMPLE; Regards, Shreyas On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Richard Quadling wrote: > On 19 July 2010 05:44, Peter wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have a table

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-19 Thread Richard Quadling
On 19 July 2010 15:01, Richard Quadling wrote: > On 19 July 2010 05:44, Peter wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I have a  table which contain's some duplicate rows. I just want to delete >> the duplicate records alone >> not original records. >> >> Assume my table as look as below >> >> column1 column2 >>

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-19 Thread Richard Quadling
On 19 July 2010 05:44, Peter wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a  table which contain's some duplicate rows. I just want to delete > the duplicate records alone > not original records. > > Assume my table as look as below > > column1 column2 > 1 >        a > 1 >        a > 2 >        b > 3 >        c >

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-19 Thread Peter
Hi Shiplu, Thanks for reply. Distinct function hide the duplicate records while we selecting the record through the Query i want to remove the duplicate entries in my table i need a Delete Query instead of Select Query shiplu wrote: Use distinct. SELECT DISTINCT COLUMN1, COLUMN2 FROM

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-19 Thread shiplu
Use distinct. SELECT DISTINCT COLUMN1, COLUMN2 FROM ... ... Shiplu Mokadd.im My talks, http://talk.cmyweb.net Follow me, http://twitter.com/shiplu SUST Programmers, http://groups.google.com/group/p2psust Innovation distinguishes bet ... ... (ask Steve Jobs the rest) -- PHP General Mailing List

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-18 Thread Shafiq Rehman
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Peter wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a  table which contain's some duplicate rows. I just want to delete > the duplicate records alone > not original records. > > Assume my table as look as below > > column1 column2 > 1 >        a > 1 >        a > 2 >        b > 3 >

Re: [PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-18 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:14:30AM +0530, Peter wrote: > Hi All, > > I have a table which contain's some duplicate rows. I just want to > delete the duplicate records alone > not original records. > > Assume my table as look as below > > column1 column2 > 1 > a > 1 > a > 2 > b >

[PHP] MySQL Query Puzzle

2010-07-18 Thread Peter
Hi All, I have a table which contain's some duplicate rows. I just want to delete the duplicate records alone not original records. Assume my table as look as below column1 column2 1 a 1 a 2 b 3 c 3 c i want the above table need to be as below, Aft