Hi, Pls See The Query Inside, Reg. Removing Duplicates..

-- declared variables
declare @database_name varchar(100), @table_name varchar(100), @primary_key_field varchar(100)
declare @list varchar(8000)
-- set values to variables
set @list = ''
set @database_name = 'data200802_dan'
set @table_name = 'other02'
set @primary_key_field = 'callid'

use database

select @list = @list + column_name + ', '
from information_schema.columns
where table_name = @table_name --table name
and column_name != @primary_key_field --unique identifier
select @list = substring(@list, 1, len(rtrim(@list)) - 1)

--above 5 lines btw came from a helper in the msdn forum. thanks

SELECT DISTINCT @list
INTO '#' + @table_name
FROM @table_name
@table_name + ':'
IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM @database_name + '.dbo.' + @table_name) = 0
BEGIN
INSERT INTO
@database_name + '.dbo.' + @table_name + '(' + @list + ')'
SELECT
@list
FROM
'#' + @table_name
END
ELSE
BEGIN
DELETE @database_name + '.dbo.' + @table_name +' ( ' + @list + ')'
GOTO @table_name
END
DROP TABLE '#' + @table_name



the query above is basically.. selecting all the fields from a table in database W/OUT their primary key. then putting them in a temp table.. delete all the records in the original table. then paste the records from the temp table into the original table.

is there a way for this to work? i don't know how to use the variables w/ this script. please help me correcting this query..

this is for removing duplicates btw. thanks!