Re: Duplicate records

[Rosh De <rpg_ile@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi
Got it done. Thanks.

Tony Carolla <carolla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I believe you could use the DINSTINCT sql keyword, such as

Create View UniqueIfy As
Select Distinct *
>From Lib.Filename

Then copy the records from this view to a temp PF, then back over the
original file.


On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:18:40 -0800 (PST), Rosh De wrote:
> 
> I have a PF with no keys. All records in this PF are duplicate, exactly same. 
> What is a better way to remove all such duplicates? This is one time problem.
> 
> I thought of a program to read the file, read first record, keep it, read 
> second and delete it and reset the counter. SQL of any help here?
> 
> -Rosh
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