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Remove duplicate entries / rows from mySQL

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This is the quick method and painless way to Remove duplicate entries from MySQL

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  1. CREATE TABLE new_table AS
  2. SELECT * FROM old_table WHERE 1 GROUP BY [COLUMN TO remove duplicates BY];
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  5. DROP TABLE old_table;
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  9. RENAME TABLE new_table TO old_table;

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