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Old 06-27-2008, 03:43 PM  
mikesouth
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ok databases dont have duplicates tables do

if you dont know the difference you have no business trying to do anything with it

sql is simply a language for adding deleting updateing and retrieving data from the tables It also has provisions for some data management and indexing

mysql IS an RDBMS

and a damn good one, probably better than almost anyone here will ever need. I remember some idiot once suggesting Oracle to manage a 1K member password file...now theres a moron.

If you know sql and any scripting language, writing a script to de-dupe a table is a cakewalk
If you don't, pay someone who does.
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