有时使用软删除机制，其中记录日期以指示删除的日期。在这种情况下，可以使用UPDATE语句根据重复的条目更新该字段。

UPDATE MY_TABLE
   SET DELETED = getDate()
 WHERE TABLE_ID IN (
    SELECT x.TABLE_ID
      FROM MY_TABLE x
      JOIN (SELECT min(TABLE_ID) id, COL_1, COL_2, COL_3
              FROM MY_TABLE d
             GROUP BY d.COL_1, d.COL_2, d.COL_3
            HAVING count(*) > 1) AS d ON d.COL_1 = x.COL_1
                                     AND d.COL_2 = x.COL_2
                                     AND d.COL_3 = x.COL_3
                                     AND d.TABLE_ID <> x.TABLE_ID
             /*WHERE x.COL_4 <> 'D' -- Additional filter*/)

对于包含大约3000万行、重复量有高有低的中等数据表，这种方法非常适用。

在微软支持网站上有一篇关于删除重复文件的好文章。这是相当保守的——他们让你在不同的步骤中做所有的事情——但它应该适用于大的表格。

在过去，我使用了自连接来实现这一点，尽管它可能会用一个HAVING子句来美化:

DELETE dupes
FROM MyTable dupes, MyTable fullTable
WHERE dupes.dupField = fullTable.dupField 
AND dupes.secondDupField = fullTable.secondDupField 
AND dupes.uniqueField > fullTable.uniqueField

有时使用软删除机制，其中记录日期以指示删除的日期。在这种情况下，可以使用UPDATE语句根据重复的条目更新该字段。

UPDATE MY_TABLE
   SET DELETED = getDate()
 WHERE TABLE_ID IN (
    SELECT x.TABLE_ID
      FROM MY_TABLE x
      JOIN (SELECT min(TABLE_ID) id, COL_1, COL_2, COL_3
              FROM MY_TABLE d
             GROUP BY d.COL_1, d.COL_2, d.COL_3
            HAVING count(*) > 1) AS d ON d.COL_1 = x.COL_1
                                     AND d.COL_2 = x.COL_2
                                     AND d.COL_3 = x.COL_3
                                     AND d.TABLE_ID <> x.TABLE_ID
             /*WHERE x.COL_4 <> 'D' -- Additional filter*/)

对于包含大约3000万行、重复量有高有低的中等数据表，这种方法非常适用。

我更喜欢CTE从sql server表中删除重复的行

强烈推荐阅读本文::http://codaffection.com/sql-server-article/delete-duplicate-rows-in-sql-server/

保持原创性

WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT *,ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY col1,col2,col3 ORDER BY col1,col2,col3) AS RN
FROM MyTable
)

DELETE FROM CTE WHERE RN<>1

不保留原创

WITH CTE AS
(SELECT *,R=RANK() OVER (ORDER BY col1,col2,col3)
FROM MyTable)
 
DELETE CTE
WHERE R IN (SELECT R FROM CTE GROUP BY R HAVING COUNT(*)>1)

DELETE 
FROM MyTable
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
              SELECT min(RowID)
              FROM Mytable
              WHERE (SELECT RowID 
                     FROM Mytable
                     GROUP BY Col1, Col2, Col3
                     ))
               );

另一种基于两列删除重复项的方法

我发现这个查询更容易阅读和替换。

DELETE 
FROM 
 TABLE_NAME 
 WHERE FIRST_COLUMNS 
 IN( 
       SELECT * FROM 
           ( SELECT MIN(FIRST_COLUMNS) 
             FROM TABLE_NAME 
             GROUP BY 
                      FIRST_COLUMNS,
                      SECOND_COLUMNS 
             HAVING COUNT(FIRST_COLUMNS) > 1 
            ) temp 
   )

注意:在运行查询之前最好模拟查询。