Take the tsql query below:
DECLARE @table TABLE(data VARCHAR(20))
INSERT INTO @table VALUES ('not duplicate row')
INSERT INTO @table VALUES ('duplicate row')
INSERT INTO @table VALUES ('duplicate row')
INSERT INTO @table VALUES ('second duplicate row')
INSERT INTO @table VALUES ('second duplicate row')
SELECT data
INTO #duplicates
FROM @table
GROUP BY data
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
-- delete all rows that are duplicated
DELETE FROM @table
FROM @table o INNER JOIN #duplicates d
ON d.data = o.data
-- insert one row for every duplicate set
INSERT INTO @table(data)
SELECT data
FROM #duplicates
I understand what it is doing, but the last part of logic (after --insert one row for every duplicate set), doesn't make sense. Where we have the set of code for --delete all rows that are duplicated, that gets rid of the duplicates so what's the part of the last section?
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Thanks