>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a table where I want to delete ONE of two duplicate records based on the fact that values in two fields are the same. For example:
>>
>>

>>FIELD1    FIELD2
>>1              Entry ABC
>>1              Entry ABC
>>2              Entry 123
>>2              Entry 123
>>

>>
>>and so on. There are other fields in this table but they should not be considered when deleting one record. How can you do it in T-SQL?
>>
>>TIA.
>
>

>DECLARE @TEst TABLE (FIELD1 int, FIELD2 char(10))
>INSERT INTO @Test VALUES (1,'Entry ABC')
>INSERT INTO @Test VALUES (1,'Entry ABC')
>INSERT INTO @Test VALUES (2,'Entry 123')
>INSERT INTO @Test VALUES (2,'Entry 123')
>
>;with cteTest
>AS
>(
>SELECT *, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY Field1, Field1 ORDER BY Field1, Field1) AS R_C
>FROM @TEst Test
>)
>
>DELETE FROM cteTest WHERE R_C > 1
>
>SELECT * FROM @TEst 
>

Since I have to do this on a customer's table and I don't understand the syntax, if you don't mind, let me ask you a follow up question.
What specific thing - in the customer table - would prevent the above approach to work correctly?