delete duplicate

[Guest]

I have a table called table1 with two field
Field1 called user_name
Field2 called machine_name

I want to delete any duplication
so if my table is
user_name machine_name
aa 1
aa 2
bb 1
bb 1
bb 1
cc 1
cc 2
cc 1
cc 2
cc 3

I want to be left with
user_name machine_name
aa 1
aa 2
bb 1
cc 1
cc 2


Can you help thanks

 

[MGFoster]

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You don't have enough info in the table to delete duplicates using a
query. My solution would be to create a new table with the same columns
& with a primay key on the 2 columns & then use VBA to read the 1st
table and insert the rows into the 2nd table. When a duplicate error
occurs skip the current row & move on to the next row. After the 2nd
table is filled, delete the 1st table and rename the 2nd table w/ the
1st table's name.

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