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DeDuping Tables with Duplicate Records

The script is in three parts:1. A select statement to determine the number of duplicate records contained within the table2. The deduping process builds a temporary table called #Duplicates and uses it to compare duplicates across both similar tables whilst deleting records with multiple counts3. Final test of deduping with no records indicating table is […]

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2007-06-27

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