CODE EXAMPLE FOR SQL

sql remove duplicates

WITH cte AS (
    SELECT 
        contact_id, 
        first_name, 
        last_name, 
        email, 
        ROW_NUMBER() OVER (
            PARTITION BY 
                first_name, 
                last_name, 
                email
            ORDER BY 
                first_name, 
                last_name, 
                email
        ) row_num
     FROM 
        sales.contacts
)
DELETE FROM cte
WHERE row_num > 1;
/*
Code language: SQL (Structured Query Language) (sql)

In this statement:

First, the CTE uses the ROW_NUMBER() function to find the duplicate rows 
specified by values in the first_name, last_name, and email columns.

Then, the DELETE statement deletes all the duplicate rows but keeps only one 
occurrence of each duplicate group.*/