> How to delete "real" duplicates?
>
> id | somthing
> -----------------------
> 1 | aaa
> 1 | aaa
> 2 | bbb
> 2 | bbb
>
> (an accident with backup recovery...)
I'm not 100% on some of the syntax off the top of my head, but:
BEGIN;
ALTER TABLE orig_table RENAME TO backup_table;
CREATE TABLE orig_table AS SELECT id,something FROM backup_table GROUP BY id, something;
-- Create any indexes on orig_table that need to be recreated
DROP TABLE orig_table;
COMMIT;
This isn't for the faint of heart: be sure to do this inside of a
transaction or on a backup db until you're 100% good to go. -sc
--
Sean Chittenden
