SQL Remove Row That Has The Same Values Into New Table

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Say that I have the following table coolumns: int logicalid(pk) ,int home, int person say the I have the following records...
1,5,6
2,5,6
3,5,5
4,5,5

After my query, I want to place into the new table only one row with the same home,person column values so this will be the output result:
1,5,6
2,5,5
Any ideas??

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 27 '12 at 18:17

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Create your new table with an auto-increment column for the id.

Then insert into the table, using a query such as:

insert into newTable(home, person)
    select distinct home, person
    from oldTable

answered Sep 27 '12 at 18:17

Gordon Linoff

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 27 '12 at 18:17

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INSERT INTO newtable(home, person) SELECT DISTINCT home, person FROM sourcetable

answered Sep 27 '12 at 18:17

Petar Minchev

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SQL Remove Row That Has The Same Values Into New Table

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