How to delete duplicate rows from a MySQL table

Question

I have a MySQL table like:

ID, Col1, Col2, Col3, Col4, etc...

ID is a primary key and has been w

Answer 1

Without nested selects or temporary tables.

DELETE  t1
FROM    table_name t1, table_name t2
WHERE   
            (t1.Col1 = t2.Col1 OR t1.Col1 IS NULL AND t2.Col1 IS NULL)
        AND (t1.Col2 = t2.Col2 OR t1.Col2 IS NULL AND t2.Col2 IS NULL)
        AND (t1.Col3 = t2.Col3 OR t1.Col3 IS NULL AND t2.Col3 IS NULL)
        AND (t1.Col4 = t2.Col4 OR t1.Col4 IS NULL AND t2.Col4 IS NULL)
        ...
        AND t1.ID < t2.ID;