>>The company table has a name column char(25) and a comp_code column char(4).
>>The comp_code column is unique, but there are duplicates in the name column.
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>>I'm trying to design a query that will give the name once and the comp_code associated with that name.
>>For duplicates, it doesn't matter which comp_code appears, so long as it is associated with that name.
>>Any ideas?
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>;with cte as (select *, row_number() over (partition by [name] order by comp_code) as Rn from Companies)
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>select * from cte where Rn = 1 -- only one of the duplicate names will be displayed with min code

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>There is also a new article in TechNet Wiki for TechNet Guru competition
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>http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/22706.how-to-remove-duplicates-from-a-table-in-sql-server.aspx

Thanks, Naomi!