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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:33:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: Removing duplicate rows in table
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2024, Christophe Pettus wrote:

> If you don't mind taking the time to swap tables, you can always do an
> INSERT ... SELECT DISTINCT <fields> into a new table, and then swap it
> with the existing table.

Christophe,

I'll make the proj_nbr table the PK then do as you recommend.

Thank you,

Rich