Question : find duplicate records in MS Access

Could anyone can tell me how to find all the duplicate records in a table and delete the duplicate? Thanks a lot!

Answer : find duplicate records in MS Access

It depends on how many records and duplicates you think you have. and what you want to do in the future.

If you start a new query you have a Find Duplicates query wizard which will show you all occurrences of the duplicated records.
If the numbers are small you could then manually delete the unwanted ones.

If you have too many for that then you you can use a trick.

Copy the table containing the duplicates. (Right-click the table name and select copy)
Paste and select Structure only.  Use a name of your choice.

Now modify the design of the copy to prevent any duplicates occuring.
To do this set the primary key or create a unique index based on the fields which  identify the duplication.

Now create an append query which appends records from the original table to the new table.

When you run this query all duplicates will be rejected and you can rename the old and new tables.

Pete