How do I delete all the duplicate records in a MySQL table without temp tables

Question

I\'ve seen a number of variations on this but nothing quite matches what I\'m trying to accomplish.

I have a table, TableA, which contain the answers gi

Answer 1

This doesn't use TEMP Tables, but real tables instead. If the problem is just about temp tables and not about table creation or dropping tables, this will work:

SELECT DISTINCT * INTO TableA_Verify FROM TableA;

DROP TABLE TableA;

RENAME TABLE TableA_Verify TO TableA;