hi guys, can you give me some advice how to write the SQL to delete the duplicates? thanks for any suggestion.


something like this

id----myWords----chkbox1----chkbox2----chkbox3
1------apple----------x
2------orange----------------------------------x
3------apple----------x
4------orange----------------------------------x
5------apple----------x
6------banana---------------------x
7------orange----------------------------------x
8------banana---------------------x
9------apple----------x


then after deleting the duplicates, to look like this table


id----myWords----chkbox1----chkbox2----chkbox3
1------apple----------x
2------orange----------------------------------x
6------banana---------------------x


note: x, is a ticked checkbox

SELECT MIN(ID) AS ID, myWords, chkbox1, chkbox2, chkbox3
INTO #TEMP001
FROM YOURTABLE
GROUP BY myWords, chkbox1, chkbox2, chkbox3

TRUNCATE YOURTABLE

INSERT INTO YOURTABLE
SELECT *
FROM #TEMP001

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delete yourtable
where id not in (select min(id) from yourtable as test group by myWords)

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