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jbbatts77
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Posted - 03/08/2013 :  14:57:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hello,

I have a table that has numerical data in it like so:

3
3
3
3
5
5
5
5
6
6
7
7
7
7
8
9
9
9

How do I delete all records where only 2 or less instances exist? In the above case it would be the two 6's and the 8

Bustaz Kool
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge

USA
1435 Posts
Posted - 03/08/2013 :  19:33:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote 
delete MyTable
where MyColumn in (
   select MyColumn
   from MyTable
   group by MyColumn
   having count(*) <= 2
   )


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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

India
48012 Posts
Posted - 03/09/2013 :  00:58:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote 

delete t
from
(
select cout(1) over (partition by yourcol) AS cnt
from table
)t
where cnt<=2


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