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Created September 8, 2010 02:19
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Delete Duplicate Comments
# Delete duplicate comments
// Creates a temp table of IDs to compare later
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE unique_comments SELECT MAX(c1.comment_ID) as ID FROM wp_comments c1 GROUP BY c1.comment_content ORDER BY ID;
// If the comment ID isn't in the unique table delete it
DELETE FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_ID NOT IN (SELECT ID FROM unique_comments);
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Yeah ... those comments are not SQL friendly at all.

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