ALTER IGNORE TABLE mytable ADD UNIQUE (email);
will both add a unique key ( which will avoide this problem in the
future ) and delete the duplicates.
Rory O'Connor wrote:
> excuse me if this is too newbie...but I need to perform a duplicate
> delete on my database using the e-mail address as the key. I understnad
> how to use COUNT and DISTINCT together...
>
> select count(DISTINCT email) FROM table;
>
> but I can't seem to find any info on how to perform the actual deletion
> of the duplicate records. Any info is appreciated!
>
> Thanks!
>
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